The Forever Men

While you were there
And I was here
Spilling my blood in the humid air
While a mirror image of myself
Walked upon the ocean
I was put upon a shelf
And with a pearly white smile
and sharp vampire teeth
She kissed me and told me lies
She kissed me and told me lies
But I put on a happy face
I turned my frown upside down
Turned my emotions all around
When she said I love you
Love you more than life
There was a smile upon her face
Sharp and painful as a knife
How could I believe someone
With white hot needle teeth
With clear complexion
With eyes of a thief
She made me walk on glass
Made me scar my feet
Spilled my blood in the humid air
While I was here
And you were there
I was afraid to look in the mirror
For fear I should see
Something of a terror
Something deep inside me
There is nothing you can teach me
That I don't already know
For you I put on a happy face
I put on a false face
Only for you my love
Only for you my dear
Tell me something I don't know

I am the last of the Forever Men
With my cold heart
And complex emotions
I'm an alcoholic spirit
I'm a forever soul
I don't care
I don't care
About your relations
I'm old
Much older than any of you
I am a Forever Man
And I am a hero
And a realm of horror
All at once
I don't care
About the future
For I have seen the past
There will always be a future
Slightly out of the presents grasp
I'm the cascading warrior
Charging on my steed
Stealing all you dreams away
And claiming them for me
I'm the last of the Forever Men
The only one to survive
Because all my feelings
Are cold hearted and dry
I am the Forever Man
That lets no one in
And when my Forever soul
Flies off to the stars
This Hollow Man
This Empty Man
Will simply wilt and die

While I was here
And you were there
Fat Cerberus had his fill
Tearing away the masks
Tearing away the shell
While I was
The sky got painted red
And Santa Claus was pronounced dead
While I was here
Spilling my blood
Heaven came crashing down
And the angels all became
Foolish circus clowns
While I was here
And you were there
Spirits rose from the dead
I faced conflicts from the past

I write tears, I write tears
This is spilled blood
This is spilled soul
While you were there
I carried burdens on my back
Behold, Behold
This world has become old
Weep, Weep
You are all fatted sheep

I am the Winged Man
Who guards the vast sky
But my wings are frail
And I am ready to die
My wings are broken and frail
And I'm about to die

While you were there
And I was here
The dream wilted away
I feel empty
Like a vast black hole
Eating away the souls
Of the faces I meet
I'm a new face
With an old mind
While you were there
And I was here
The dreams turned to nightmares

I am the Wrinkled Man
Who has seen the eyes
Who has seen the ages
Who has passed through
The decades
I knew everything
But I've forgotten it all
I am the Wrinkled Man
With ringing ears
And fading sight
I am the Wrinkled Man
I must sleep, goodnight
The tired old man
I must sleep, goodnight

While you were there
And I was here
They buried away the trash
They burned the compost
While I was here
They all gathered around my bed
While you were there
I was pronounced dead

I am the Reborn Man
A phoenix of sorts
Lazarus come back from the dead
I am the Reborn Man
I must live again
I will live again

While I was there
And you were here
I became the humid air
I became the humid air



July 16-19, 1992