Thomas Dolby - Dissidents lyrics

One more young writer slid away in the night Over the border he will drown in light And the man said Hold it - wait a minute! I can't read my writing - my own writing! Like tiny insects in the palm of history A domino effect in a cloud of mystery It's an iron fist! In a glove full of vaseline Dip the fuse in the kerosene I too became a dissident! Became a dissident Became a dissident Courting disaster we ran in the night Wings of an angel torn in flight When the man said Check it - verify it! It's all here in writing - my own writing! Like tiny insects in the palm of history A domino effect in a cloud of mystery It's an iron fist! In a glove full of vaseline Dip the fuse in the kerosene I too became a dissident! Check it - verify it! It's all here in writing - down in writing! At the hands of the press And in the eyes of the government I fell from grace I too became a dissident I was a dissident, yeah Like tiny insects in the palm of history A domino effect and an early end to this story There's an iron fist in a glove full of vaseline Dip the fuse in the kerosene I too became a dissident