Enter the Hermit
[Verse 1]
In the moonlight I saw bright flashes in the trees
Leaves crashed rumbling thunder with the breeze
And these days my dreams seem teeming with screams
They’re my own
What I mean is that I’ll never be redeemed
I was born on an island in a hospital that was torn down
And ferried to this city as a young boy
I remember the horn sounds
From the worn down ship
That slipped me silently into stasis
A childish state of grace
A shapeless place where people’s faces
Were erased
And so I played my days away in the streams and rivers
In the forests and the hills
Beyond the reach of parents and babysitters
Never considered in those days
Running around up to no good
That nothing ever changes and I’d remain
Hermitofthewoods
(Well, what if you could go back
And take some kind of different path?)
Don’t make me laugh, I've done the math
It won’t happen so I’ll pass on the question
And accept the direction that my childhood provided
Even though it’s marred by violence
And irrepressible crushing shyness
And F’s in Science, stress, defiance
And alliances with enemies
Where I pretend to be the giant
I foresaw in my dreams of destiny
The rest of me most definitely gets tied to composition
(Why?)
Technically I’m repetitiously
Transmitting repetitive algorithms
Vicious vital written pieces
That preach to my own vanity
When I reach the edge of sanity
When I speak til they abandon me
When I’m a freak to friends and family
Gambling blindfolded at the table
When nothings left
I’ll pay my debts for as long as I am able
But I’m not there yet
And betting wisely in spite of all the darkness
Because the moment of catharsis comes
When you’re fighting back the hardest
Just another starving artist screaming in the distance
For resistance to the over-arching aspects of existence
[Outro]
“Yeah, I just hope you’ll remember us when you’re eating in, ah,  posh restaurants with, ah, you know, celebrities and stuff. Ah, anyways, ah, well jeez, that CD, we absolutely love it and, uh, that’s all I want to say. Talk to you later. Bye”