Dust owns the streets where blood used to flow
What became of the joy and the pain we used to know?
Now lost in time and remembered for generations
Dead and lifeless of all known sensations
Majestic and bright like a new born’s smile
I survey all I command, it’s been more than a while
Since the Lion’s roar and the Gladiator’s scream
Lives laid down life and death, nothing in between
Everything’s gone but the paupers and their loads
Since they’ve gone it’s just dirt between my toes
Was I a Father? Maybe a Son?
But What have I left? And what have I done?
This place of nothing gave it all to me
It’s all so empty now, I can see what’s left of me
With a crosscut smile and old anger in my heart
I dream I could go back, right to the start
I’m happy here, just leave me be
Naked, nothing to prove, nothing to fear
I did what I did, I did what I could
They just didn’t like it, I was misunderstood
Everything’s gone but the paupers and their loads
Since they’ve gone it’s just dirt between my toes
A boy or a girl? A woman or a man
I was honest and true, you knew where to stand
Everything to gain and nothing to lose
I refuse to be judged until you’ve walked in my shoes
I did it for you, i did it for me.
One day you will care enough to know it was me who set you free
Now I’m gone I’ll never come back
I came and I conquered it all with just pack on my back
I’ve ruled the iron fist and been overthrown
What I did best I did on my own.
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Everything’s gone but the paupers and their loads
Since they’ve gone it’s just dirt between my toes
But I’ve been here, and I’ve always been me
And that’s the way it’s always gonna be