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| Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin' high and mighty traps Pounced with fire on flaming roads Using ideas as my maps We'll meet on edges soon, said I Proud 'neath heated brow Ah, but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth, "Rip down all hate," I screamed, Lies that life is black and white Spoke from my skull I dreamed. Romantic facts of musketeers Foundationed deep, somehow, Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now Girl's faces formed the forward path From phony jealousy, To memorizing politics Of ancient history. Flung down by corpse evangelist Unthought of though, somehow But I was so much older then I'm younger than that now A self-ordained professor's tongue Too serious to fool Spouted out that liberty Is just equality in school "Equality," I spoke the word As if a wedding vow But I was so much older then I'm younger than that now In a soldier's stance I aimed my hand At the mongrel dogs who teach Fearing not that I'd become my enemy In the instant that I preach. My pathway led by confusion boats Mutiny from stern to bow But I was so much older then I'm younger than that now Yes my guards stood hard when abstract threats Too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect. Good and bad, I define these terms Quite clear no doubt, somehow But I was so much older then I'm younger than that now |
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Performed at a soundcheck in 1988.
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