The heads of countries, states and entities; The cool, relentless winners, swiss-discreet; Yet goblins in the dark of private rooms Where daylight never steals and shadows meet Guiltless, shining, sometimes beautiful Drawing on their glib and easy charm To spin a web of subtle golden strands And work their secret plans to render harm Welcome to my world, they say, Lose yourself and follow me; All so easy, painless as a sweet, Come taste my world and see Yet not their cellars hollow as the moon, Where love sleeps fathoms deep beyond recall; Where no light ever comes, nor ever shall And rats with stinking fur patrol the walls Like anglerfish they wait With lanterns waving, waving Calling out to hapless folks In need of saving, saving Welcome to my world, they say, Lose yourself and follow me; All so easy, painless as a sweet, Come taste my world and see
