White faced phantoms in a foggy rain

Minnows in the pool the way they slip away

And I go fumbling go running in and repossess

The story of my youth

The story of my electric pains

Are we running after flickering sparks oh

Are we babbling for diamonds in the dark oh

The way we chase that mercury

The way we chase that mercury

Loud like lions in the slickest wool

Desperately we haunt the other animal

But in the end if all we are is dogs out back chasing cars

Then pray that we don't get the things we want

Are we running after flickering sparks oh

Are we grappling for diamonds in the dark oh

The way we chase that mercury

The way we chase that mercury oh

Love a pound of flesh

Offer it up to the Gods of American success

Doesn't matter what you are you're only second best

If it's all that you can ever hope to be

The way you chase that mercury oh

Around your fumble in the mystery

Afraid to be it smells while we pretend to be

Something more than what we are

Losing love a bunch run hearts

Mystified by everything we see

Are we running after flickering sparks oh

Are we grappling for diamonds in the dark oh

The way we chase that mercury

The way we chase that mercury oh

Oh the way we chase that mercury

The way we chase that mercury oh

Love a pound of flesh

Offer it up to the Gods of American success

Doesn't matter who you are you're only second best

If it's all that you can ever hope to be

The way you chase that mercury oh

The way you chase that mercury

There must be more to this

Our desperate wonder and

How do we put to rest

All of our victims and

Beneath the shadows of

All that we think we want

Is there a light we can't see

There must be more to this

Our desperate wonder and

How do we put to rest

All of our victims and

Beneath the shadows of

All that we think we want

Is there a light we can't see

The way you chase that mercury