wicked man's rest

you can say i'm mad

you can say i'm crazy

but i'm only as bad

as the maker who made me

sinner in the darkness

liar in the church

deaf man's silence

the blind man's search

teardrop falling

memory recalling

ghost in your dreams

and your secret recordings

mad man's matches

lump in your throat

the pea under your mattress

the hole in your coat

singer with the sound down

winner on the come down

poet in the overcoat

looking for a suntan

on his birthday

prisoner on his first day

tired of the new wave

i rise to meet you

as your trust dissolves to shame

oh

this innocence has turned and lost its way

retrace the footprints

off the path from which i came

i'm the beast in you

the beast in me

(which way are we going?

the doors close in an hour)

you can say i'm mad

you can say i'm crazy

but i'm only as bad

as the maker who made me

needle for the user

the pain in your chest

beggar and the chooser

the wicked man's rest

fear in the stuntman

sneer in the playground

bottle in the hand

of a dirty old drunk man

leaf falling

autumn calling

dark clouds forming

i rise to meet you

as your trust dissolves to shame

oh

this innocence has turned and lost its way

retrace the footprints

off the path from which i came

i'm the beast in you

the beast in me

bite my nails

right down to the skin

where one trust ends

and another lie begins

patch over holes

in my weakened heart

which angels hold

and devils pull apart

i'm the beast in you

the beast in me

the bitterness

the jealousy

the part of you that never sleeps

(are you my angel?

will we walk all night through solitary streets?)

and you hardly can imagine

what you never had before

and the reason that you're given

still leaves you wanting more

i rise to meet you

as your trust dissolves to shame

oh

this innocence has turned and lost its way

retrace the footprints

off the path from which i came

i'm the beast in you

the beast in me

the bitterness

the jealousy

the part of you that never sleeps