New Model Army - Tension

Like a desert, so smooth so calm like velvet Like wire, so taut So stretched, like steel The surface is rippling And straining and cracking From within Like a bomb, just ticking And waiting, like hours And hours keep folding And winding and stretching And deep down inside And the holes are all gaping Swallowing everything Please take me out of this dream Tension Nightmares like circles Of lies all hidden Seething and smouldering Under the covers No fire, no passion But uneasy silence And peace In terror I'm waiting For the one great explosion Please take me out of this dream Tension