Minotaur Forgiving Minos

I stopped looking for the way out years ago It's like chasing a ghost Like the smell of cooked meat I sometimes catch through the stone I stopped looking for the way out years ago There is a hole in the ceiling I have memorized the corner Where I can see the sky And I go there sometimes to watch whatever floats around I stopped looking for the way out years ago That sadistic inventor, that sadistic inventor That sadistic inventor did a fantastic job I know what birds are, I know what clouds are I know the colour of blue and the colour of blood But that sadistic inventor did a fantastic job All innocent, innocent, innocent, all I hear the kids singing on the far side of the wall "His Highness King Minos couldn’t kill the white bull So the sea god hit the bull and the Queen hit the stall" And I guess you know the rest and don't think about me at all Except for every nine years sending fourteen souls All seven of the boys and all seven of the girls All innocent, innocent, innocent, all And I hate to hear their screams And I hate to see myself through their full moon eyes And I hate that I forgive you but I do I just don't know why That sadistic inventor, that sadistic inventor That sadistic inventor did a fantastic job I know what birds are, I know what clouds are I know the colour of blue and the colour of blood And that sadistic inventor did a fantastic job That sadistic inventor that sadistic inventor That sadistic inventor did a fantastic job I know what birds are, l know what clouds are But I will never know why you couldn’t kill the bull And that sadistic inventor did a fantastic job I stopped looking for the way out years ago It's like chasing a ghost