The Lives Of Others - You Am I

The roads are paved with gold, they’re paved with tin

The sky is splashed with worry, but comfort lies within

I walk on through when the sky is bruised and stall

But herein lies the hiss of reality’s fission

I watch the lives of others from the comfort of bitumen

Oh I watch your nervous steps, I note your griefs

I watch your joys, your tensions, your reliefs

I walk on through when the sky scrubs the sleep from its ducts

But herein lies the indignities of this sinning

I watch the lives of others from the safety of bitumen

Amanuensis uninvited

Scribbles down all your detritus

We ain’t all in this here together

There’s the haves, the have nots, the bleeding and the bruised

Oh, I’m bleeding now

It’s not your entertainment I really crave

But I feed upon all your movements just the same

I walk on through if your desperation’s quiet

And herein lies the depravity of this vision

It’s the lives of others, are the lives I’m living in

The lives of others are the lives I’m living in

The lives of others are the lives I’m living in

The lives of others are the lives I’m living in

The lives of others are the lives I’m living in

The lives of others are the lives I’m living in

The lives of others are the lives I’m living in

The lives of others are the lives I’m living in

The lives of others, the lives of others

The lives of others, the lives of others

The lives of others, the lives of others