ass
To people's inertia, following the leader
Disgraceful lackeys, greeting you with low bow

Raise their spirits, raise their hopes
You will raise the cheers in them
Stunned and wild, stupefied
Not a voice will raise in protest

Raise a smile and laugh with them
Raise their ancient guide from the dead
World will crawl, you raise your empire
Day has come yet, raise your glass
To people's inertia, following the leader
Disgraceful lackeys, greeting you with low bow

I scorn you pathetic flesh
I hate you cattle enslaved, you cardboard puppet
Witty eloquence's stronger than steel
Ultimate present from the gods
I'll lead you on the final wane



CHILD HAS GONE


Years have passed like centuries
Through which I lived as in dream
Futile quests and sweet delusions
Till the day I realized
Golden age's bygone
Leaving just a memory

Walked the path with such easiness
Enjoyed naïve ecstasy
Haven't seen the flowing sands of time
Till the day I realized
Golden age's bygone
Leaving just a memory

Must live by my own
I just wish I've never grown
Stop that clock and
Take delight in total stagnation
Child has gone
Never to return


BREAKDOWN


I feel a sense of disgust for my insane peers

Nothing is very much fun, day follows upon day
Year follows upon year
Feeling alone in the crowd, I'd rather close myself
Rot away in my shell
I just have to put up with it
But I cannot share that space with them
Cannot bear their stares

Have mercy…Just give me a hand as I'm down,
Hangin'on and waiting for the dawn
Of an other day, bright and clear
Without distress, painful headaches
It makes me wonder but my dreams have gone
In darker skies

Slumped in my armchair I rave, I'd rather close myself
Rot away in my shell
Nothing is very much fun, day follows upon day
Year follows upon year
I just have to put up with it
But I cannot share that space with them
Or even bear their stares

Have mercy…Just give me a hand as I'm down,
Hangin'on and waiting for the dawn
Of an other day, bright and clear
Without distress, painful headaches
It makes me wonder but my dreams have gone
In darker skies

No way out this time. Could just wait for the dawn.
No choice but to wait for dawn



THE HERMIT


Lived for a long time surrounded
By numb and indifferent crowd
Wandering amid empty faces
Enslaved by shallow existence
Misunderstood, faced impassable walls

I Could not rely on anyone
I endeavoured to look like them
Played this ludicrous part in vain
Overwhelmed by the weigh of lies
Misunderstood, had to run away

Left all in this unreal comedy
Don't regret this great build-up at all

I did not exist
Now every dawn's rebirth
Released at last, I'm no longer enjailed
I start from scratch again

Surrounded by the crowd
Devoured by constant strains I knew that
I cannot live that way, amid them
Insane tricks and cynical lies
Now show's going on
But I just left the stage
I'm the one I was supposed to be
No longer enjailed



DISHARMONIC DOGMAS / CROSS & CRESCENT


Shining iron and banners high
Enemies facing me, comrades on my side
Cross as my excuse
Crescent as their snare

How can you deny the almighty this way
You liable for all evils
Subhuman being you'll die from my sword today
No doubt you're the one to blame

Bloody iron, and silent cries
Enemy lyin on their front, comrades on their side
Cross was our excuse
Crescent was their snare

How can you deny the almighty this way
You liable for all evils
Subhuman being you'll die from my sword today
No doubt you're the one to blame



TEARFUL CLOWN


I have to conceal from them all the pain in me
Put it into jails of my brain
Yes I know that I have no right to let them see
But it'll nibble the bars to burst in anyway
All the sweat of my life to give you a grin
Please laugh at me on TV screen

Can you see behind that smile
A face twisted with disgust
Can you hear beyond my laugh
A resonant death-rattle
I go on stage and face the void
Enjoy my show

I have to conceal from them all the pain in me
Put it into jails of my brain
I need no recognition or even small glory
Just let bring sun when in your lives it rains
All the sweat of my life to give you a grin
Please laugh at me on TV screen

Can you see behind that smile
A face twisted with disgust
Can you hear beyond my laugh
A resonant death-rattle
I go on stage and face the void
Enjoy my show



UNBREAKABLE CORDON


Sweetness of velvet, toys around my bed
Put on probation but don't really care
At my call, you rushed up to see me
When darkness came I felt like naked worm
Impending danger as you closed the door
A presence around, malicious appearance

I cut off the light and hold tight the sheets
Bright eyes are still staring me
But my cries are vain
No complain could make you up by now

Watch over me
Stay with babe until morning comes
Watch over me
Keep babe in secure and warm

Now time has come to break these tender ties
Free as a bird but don't really care
At my call, the walls reverberate
When darkness comes I feel like naked worm
Impending danger and nightmarish set
In which I'll live without you for evermore

I cut off the light and hold tight the sheets
Bright eyes are still staring me
But my cries are vain
No complain could make you up by now

Watch over me
Stay with babe until morning comes
Watch over me
Keep babe in secure and warm



COMING TURN


I can hear their whispers now
I can sense it… A turn is coming on
Lying alone in this cold and quiet room
The door is silently opening
I can sense it… A turn is coming on
Wincing faces, racked by pain
They come to me as I fall asleep
Climbing the stairs, to hide is vain
They will get me in this night so deep

Exhausted veins
Bloody drugs every day
Their needles in my brain
They gave me one more jab supposed to relieve all that pain
I tried to get away
To escape from that place
But my own legs betray me leaving body on that bed

Wincing faces, in front of me
They've come to me and I don't dare
To give that fight for eternity
It's just a never-ending nightmare



HIGH HOPES (Pink Floyd Cover)