The Interimlovers - Einstürzende Neubauten

During one slip of the tongue\nthere is big bang and total entropy\nfrom red giants to white dwarfs\nthe whole scale\nof cosmic dimensions are falling\nfrom my mouth\nin the description of a kiss\nof the interimlovers\nof the interimlovers\nin the interim\nbetween microphone and macrocosm\nbetween genesis und sixsixsix\ninbetween and on the bttom of the sea\nbetween plankton und philosophy\nbetween semtex and utopia\nthere they are\nthe interimlovers\nin their communal mouth\nlives a hummingbird\nwith each beat of its wings\ntoo swift for the eye to see\ncultures flourish and perish\nwhole continents vanish\nI wade through the filth of mighty\nmetaphors\nmeta, meta, meta by metre\nwith gestures far too wide\nfor the interimlovers\nthe interimlovers\nare lovers in the\nINTERIM\nbetween temporary and tempura\nbetween tightrope and sabre dance\nbetween chaos and with no course at all\nbetween semtex and utopia\nthere they are\nthe interimlovers\nright there in each others arms\nin the course of just one winking beat of an eye\nthirstily devour\nthe last drop of light\nthey are not there yesterday\nand tomorrow not yet\nthe lovers\nthe interimlovers\nthey are not there yesterday\nand tomorrow not yet\nthe interimlovers\nthey are not there yesterday\nand tomorrow not yet\nes gibt sie gestern nicht mehr\nund morgen noch nicht