Skyclad

Halo Of Flies

Skyclad


All you needed was somebody with a dream, 
A fool to crucify or to put upon a pedestal. 
Only dead fish float with the stream - 
Compared with you I seem like an extra-terrestrial. 

I'm not your Robin Hood or Peter Pan, 
I won't play Jesus Christ - Santa Claus. 
I'll never pass for a superman - 
I'm just an effect trying to find a cause. 

Tell me who am I, what am I and why am I here. 

Is it because I'm flesh and blood 
That creature comforts feel so good? 
I give my body all it needs - 
It sleeps and eats and shits and breeds. 

And if I keep my feelings stum, 
Hard luck - bibo ergo sum. 
Just trying to do the best I can 
Is a giant leap for this small man. 

All you needed was somebody with a dream, 
A fool to crucify or to put upon a pedestal. 
Only dead fish float with the stream - 
Compared with you I seem like an extra-terrestrial. 

You say that life is a miracle - 
I don't believe one word. 
Forgive me for being so cynical - 
From down here you all look absurd. 

So are you happy now we all feel the same? 
Martyrs to the cause - boredom level nearing terminal. 
You're afraid to go against the grain, 
Next to you I feel like a shining intellectual. 

James T. Kirk - Albert Einstein, 
Sitting safe aboard the Enterprise. 
If you're out there send me a sign - 
I need somebody to sympathise with. 

Tell me who am I, what am I and why am I here. 

Must I succumb to every urge - 
First feast and fast (then binge and purge). 
My spirit's strong - my flesh is weak, 
I laugh and cry and scream and speak. 

And sometimes when i feel confused, 
I walk a path I did not choose. 
Watch my life on video - 
A private homemade horror show. 

All you needed was somebody with a dream, 
A fool to crucify or to put upon a pedestal. 
Only dead fish float with the stream - 
Compared with you I seem like an extra-terrestrial. 

So are you happy now we all feel the same? 
Martyrs to the cause - boredom level nearing terminal. 
You're afraid to go against the grain, 
Next to you I feel like a shining intellectual. 

You say that life is a miracle - 
I don't believe one word. 
Forgive me for being so cynical - 
From down here you all look absurd.