Another Side

(album: Liberty And Justice For... - 1987)

Awash on the tides of city rain
I flow through the streets and into the drains
Numbed by the gaze of uncaring faces
Try to offer my truth but they drift away
Until the streets and myself have no name
No longer human no longer the same
Lost all hope lose all dreams no more pain

Awake I choke on human steam
And the stench of animal fear
Tonight I'm going to light a match
And let the sewer burn until my soul is clear

Each night a thousand hearts are wasted
On those who don't care if they live or die
Each day I wade through vacant stares and wonder
Are they looking for the same things as I

I see the people turn away
And still hear every word they say
Hope someday I'll have the nerve
To put a bullet through my brain
And not a needle in my vein