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.