You glide into the room like liquid metal
Shining bright as an uncirculated dime
Your silver eyes they tell me that you’ve settled
For a lover who is wasting all your time

Everybody’s focused squarely on your being
You’re perfectly at ease with all of that
No one in the place can figure out your meaning
You’ll never tell—it’s all part of your act

You burn me like a flare shot from the surface of the sun
You freeze me out like ice from distant stars
So I hide out on the edge of your periphery and lie
And worship you from farther than afar
I think it’s time I make some kind of stand
Mercury, you’re slipping through my hands

You look at me as if I’m not your equal
You melt before there’s ever any flame
Why keep on running through the same old sequel?
If you’re alone, you only have yourself to blame

You rise and fall with every change of weather
It’s really just a matter of degree
I’ve no idea what’s holding you together
Do you have any clue who you might really be?

You burn me like a flare shot from the surface of the sun
You freeze me out like ice from distant stars
So I hide out at the edge of your periphery and lie
And worship you from farther than afar
I think it’s time I make some kind of stand
Mercury, you’re slipping through my hands