Osip Mandelstam - Momus

Comparing their fingers to worms

Oh my God why, you are making us nervous

And you could be made to reform

You could be sent for community service

Just when you’re doing so well

You wave a red rag at a bull

Don’t be a cautionary tale

You don’t want to be the next Osip Mandelstam

I’m telling you this as a friend

You’re showing your silhouette over the parapet

They have an ironclad mind

You’ll only hurt yourself trying to dismantle it

So don’t be a cautionary tale

Wave a red rag at a bull

Be a vainglorious fool

You don’t want to be the next Osip Mandelstam

Comparing their fingers to worms

Oh my God why, you are making us nervous

And you could be made to reform

You could be sent for community service

Just when you’re doing so well

You wave a red rag at a bull

Don’t be a cautionary tale

You don’t want to be the next Osip Mandelstam

I’m telling you this as a friend

You’re showing your silhouette over the parapet

They have an ironclad mind

So don’t be a cautionary tale

Wave a red rag at a bull

Be a vainglorious fool

You don’t want to be the next Osip Mandelstam