A Mind Beside Itself

[I. Erotomania]

[instrumental]

[II. Voices]

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

'Love, just don't stare!'

He used to say to me

Every Sunday morning

The spider in the window

The angel in the pool

The old man takes the poison

Now the widow makes the rules

'So speak, I'm right here!'

She used to say to me

Not a word, not a word

Judas on the ceiling

The Devil in my bed

I guess Easter's never coming

So I'll just wait inside my head

[Pre-Chorus]

Like a scream but sort of silent

Living off my nightmares!

[Chorus]

Voices repeating me!

"Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears."

Voices discussing me!

"Others steal your thoughts

They're not confined within your mind."

[Verse 2]

Thought disorder, dream control!

Now they read my mind on the radio

But where was the Garden of Eden?

I feel elated, I feel depressed

Sex is death, Death is sex

Says it right here on my Crucifix

[Pre-Chorus]

Like a scream but sort of silent

Living off my nightmares!

[Chorus]

Voices protecting me!

"Good behavior brings the Savior to his knees"

Voices rejecting me!

"Others steal your thoughts

They're not confined to your own mind"

[Breakdown: Dialogue by rap artist Prix-mo reading from the book "Cultural Revolution"]

"I don't want to be here, cause of my

Suffering, cause of my illness

Only love is worth having, only

Love is what matters, loving every

People on equal terms!

"You've got to know who you're

Dealin' with because, like a stranger

A-heh, just might come in through

Here with a gun... and then, what

Would you do? (Heh.)

Everything is immaterial!

'n' you know that reality is immaterial!

This is not reality!"

[Verse 3]

I'm kneeling on the floor

Staring at the wall

Like the spider in the window

I wish that I could speak

Is there fantasy in refuge?

God in politicians?

Should I turn on my religion?

These demons in my head tell me to!

[Verse 4]

I'm lying here in bed

Swear my skin is inside out

Just another Sunday morning

Seen my diary on the newsstand

Seems we've lost the truth to quicksand

It's a shame no one is praying

Cause these voices in my head keep saying:

"Love, just don't stare

Reveal the Word when you're supposed to"

Withdrawn and introverted

Infectiously perverted

"Being laughed at and confused

Keeps us pleasantly amused enough to stay"

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

Maybe I'm just Cassandra fleeting

Twentieth century Icon bleeding

Willing to risk Salvation

To escape from isolation

I'm witness to redemption

Heard you speak but never listened

Can you rid me of my secrets?

Deliver us from darkness?

[Chorus]

Voices repeating me!

"Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears."

Voices discussing me!

Don't expect your own Messiah!

This neverworld which you desire

Is only in your mind

[III. The Silent Man]

[Verse 1]

A question well served:

Is silence like a fever?

A voice never heard

Or a message with no receiver?

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Pray they won't ask

Behind the stained glass

There's always one more mask

[Verse 2]

Has man been a victim

Of his woman, of his father?

If he elects not to bother

Will he suffocate their faith?

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Desperate to fall

Behind the great wall

That separates us all

[Chorus]

When there is reason (Tonight I'm awake)

Tonight I'm awake (The silent man)

When there's no answer

Arrive the silent man

If there is balance (Tonight he's awake)

Tonight he's awake (The silent man)

If they have to suffer

There lies the silent man

[Instrumental Break]

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

Sin without deceivers

A God with no believers

I could sail by on the winds of silence

And maybe they won't notice

But this time I think it'd be better if I swim

[Chorus]

When there is reason (Tonight I'm awake)

Tonight I'm awake (The silent man)

When there's no answer

Arrive the silent man

If there is balance (Tonight he's awake)

Tonight he's awake (The silent man)

If they have to suffer

There lies the silent man

There lies the silent man