Quietly, almost elusively Almost invisibly, I found that I for a moment Had slipped away. Ripped in two, then pasted back again, Then crumpled up inside, Then tossed aside you know that It feels so bad. oh Mercury oh Mercury Happened once, then it happened twice, Then it happened thrice, And now a fourth? You know that? Quietly, almost elusively Almost invisibly, I found that I for a moment Had slipped away. oh Mercury