I used to see the future and now I see nothin´ They cut out my eyes and sent me home packin´ To pace around the kitchen for scraps of inspiration Cryin´ like Cassandra, I
Used to tell the future, but they cut out my tongue And left me doin´ laundry to thinkin´ what I´ve done It wasn´t me, it was the song
I used to move into the future, bring it all back Let it bleed through my fingers, a treasure in my hands Now I creep out when there´s no one about ´Cause they put crosses on the doors to try and keep me out With gardens of the grove And I run in the middle of the road (Ooh)
Well, can you see me? I cannot see you Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view
In this blindness I´m condemned to Well, can you hear me? I cannot hear you Every song I thought I knew, I´ve been deafened to And there´s no one left to sing to
All the gods have been domesticated And Heaven is now overrated And the churches, they all closed their doors Well, you can take your complaints straight to the Lord I try to still look where they wander on the work As the roses bloom And the riot plants, they´re plainly in view
Well, can you see me? I cannot see you
Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view In this blindness that I´m condemned to Well, can you hear me? I cannot hear you Every song I thought I knew, I´ve been deafened to And there´s no one left to sing to
Ooh Ooh Ooh, oh Ooh, ooh, ooh (Take me back) Ooh, ooh, ooh (Oh, the drunken gods oversweeten) Ooh, ooh, ooh (I must be their favourite daughter)
Well, can you see me?
I cannot see you Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view And if I run fast enough Could I break apart As empires tumble and cathedrals flatten in my heart?