Intro: organ drone, single guitar note, 8 bars] [Verse 1 – spoken-sung, low, intimate, poetic] The desert's white. The lizard sleeps. A silent prayer. A street of broken dreams. I touched the sun. It burned my tongue. Now I speak in tongues. Nobody listens. [Pre-chorus – voice rises, organ swells, hypnotic] She said: "Rider, where's your horse?" I said: "I sold it for a minor chord." [Chorus – full, emotional, voice cracks] I'm the Lizard King. I can do anything. Break on through to the other side. I'm the Lizard King. I can do anything. Let me inside. Let me inside. [Instrumental – organ solo, 16 bars, dark, melodic, no guitar solo] [Verse 2 – spoken-sung, more desperate, intimate] The mirror showed a face I didn't know. Eyes like glass. A heart made of smoke. I tried to pray. The church was closed. So I howled at the moon until my throat was raw. [Pre-chorus – repeat] [Chorus – repeat, layered vocals, voice cracks] [Bridge – bass only (keys), spoken whisper, intimate] I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid of not feeling alive. [Outro – organ alone, single guitar note, fade to silence]
