Saada Tekmel
On trial way back in The Hague
Coat check, I couldn't remember
On a great silver beltway
Houria

Planets are inset like diamonds
Came out on the other side

And in the south, the sun is shining
Saada Tekmel B'Lhouria

Walked into the winter

Coat check and I lost the number
The ecstasy's still in my spine
Seance that brought us together
In my Styrofoam coffin
Up in the north, the ice gave out
Stuck on a ladder to heaven
Objects we move with our minds
One brick on top of another
Cities encircled in iron
A murderer still on the lam
Democracy's shackled hands
Short sleeves in the winter
Tugs at my senses

Asleep on the interstate
Fell back through the other side
Saada Tekmel B'Lhouria
Lullaby sounds from the engine
Black globes, old symbols of freedom
Out in the west, the cars are crashing

Such is the measure of man
False and inflatable feeling
On a gravity halo
I slept with that dealer all summer
Big as the Macy's Parade
Tekmel B'Lhouria
Eternity's wedding band
Back in the east, the lights went out