LOOK AROUND YOU

We hit the bed so slowly
Floating through the air
A pillow just like opium
A purring Frigidaire

Look around you - my baby
Look around you - my dear
All you see is mirrors
So cruelly reflecting
The walls of the madhouse
Bring rise to your fear
And doubts about the present
And your every action
Regrets pollute a past
You can no longer change
Well it's out of control now
Your fear of the future
You envision an Apocalypse
Beckett's endgame
A breakdown in order
A tyrant's arrogance
A total lack of mercy
A mob's rule
Then a mystical savoir
Appears out of nowhere
The world on its knees
Following a fool...

I need a lot of light
To light my way
But I'm a creature of the night
Who can barely stand the day

Look around you - my baby
Look around you - my dear
There goes another psychopath
A lone assassin
Spoiling the party
Who let him in here
Tyrannosaurus consumer
Well-dressed dinosaurs
The Elephants graveyard
A monkey's ear
The crap is rising
It's floating on the surface
And we're all drowning
In mediocre tears
We're sitting in the movies
We can't believe this shit
They're treating us like idiots
'Cause that's what we is

Don't forget to write
Don't forget to read
I'm grateful for all that I've got (yes I am)
And I hope its all I need

Look around you - my baby
Look around you - my dear
I'm a hypocrite
Who doesn't know when to quit
I'm the judge and the jury
I tie the hangman's noose
I offer quality closure
Wrap up the ends that are loose
And my politeness
It's just a trick of the heart
And my enthusiasm
It's just a false start
I'm just following the spotlight
Or is it following me
I shake the hand of fate
I drink the tea of destiny
And if I'm grounded
It's because of you
And if I know contentment
It's because of you too
Though I would never tell you that
At least not to your face
I might write it in a postcard
From an exotic place
Some place with palm trees
And a pristine beach
Some day we're gonna live there
So far out of reach...