Set the Twilight Reeling - Lou Reed

Take me for what I am

a star newly emerging

Long simmering explodes

inside the self is reeling

In the pocket of the heart, in the rushing of the blood

in the muscle of my sex, in the mindful mindless love

I accept the new found man

and set the twilight reeling

At 5 am the moon and the sun

sit set before my window

Light glances off the blue glass we set

right before the window

And you who accept, in your soul and your head

what was misunderstood, what was thought of with dread

a new self is born, the other self dead

I accept the new found man

and set the twilight reeling

A soul singer stands on the stage

the spotlight shows him sweating

He sinks to one knee, seems to cry

the horn are unrelenting

But as the drums beats he finds himself growing hard

in the microphone's face he sees her face growing large

and the swelling crescendo no longer retards

I accept the new found man and set the twilight reeling

As the twilight sunburst gleams

as the chromium moon it sets

As I lose all my regrets

and set the twilight reeling

I accept the new found man

and set the twilight reeling