The Man You'll Never Be - Momus

I don’t care where you’ve been

I don’t care what you’ve seen

Underneath the mountains

On the scrotum of the sea

I don’t give a shit who you are

How you crashed your favourite car

All I see before me

Is the man you’ll never be

And though I love no other

And no other’s brother

And sometimes the technician

In the art school lavatory

Know I never betrayed you

Though -- technically -- they slayed you

None of them were half the men

That you will never be

You look strange in the moonlight

I wonder if I’ve done the right thing

To invite you to share your bed with me

With the hole in your jacket

The shoe in your pocket

One eye dangling from the socket

Of the man you’ll never be

Well you have much to commend you

But who would befriend you

With the alcoholic swagger

No-one's ever pleased to see

You’ve got the eyes of a spider

The handshake of a miser

I guess at least you’re pleased you’re not

The man you’ll never be

And though many refuse you

Hide from you and try to lose you

Some run you over

Quite deliberately

I will not shirk my duty

For I love you truly

Not for who you are

But for the man you’ll never be

You’ve got the lips of a chicken

The tics of a victim

The eyes of a liar

And the belly of a whale

I don’t care what stupid things you’ve done

How you stared into the sun

When all I see, increasingly

Is the man you’ll never be

And though I loved no other

And no other’s brother

And the jackass in the record shop

Who burns the fake CDs

Know I never despised you

But someone’s undermined you

It’s plain to see you’re half the man

That you will never be