Crimson flames tied
through my ears
Rollin' high and mighty traps
Countless fire and
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 flanks of
musketeers
Foundationed deep
somehow
Ah 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 I'd become
my enemy
In the instant that I preach
Sisters fled by
confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah but I was so much
older then
I'm younger than that now
Ah but I was so much
older then
I'm younger than that now
My guard 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
Ah but I was so much
older then
I'm younger than that now