The emperors new clothes

[electric guitar intro] [instrumental] there was a time when i had a vision when my thoughts were not caught in oblivion and people smiled as they heard me speak nodding their heads in silent agreement but time went by and something happened and those crowds i gathered became smaller one day i stood there alone in the shadows watching men march to the sound of a war drum i see around me greed and vanity seduction of the weak in their belief motherless child bewildered and doomed awaiting life in penthouse or pavement and in the mirror i see a face obscured so familiar and yet a stranger i don´t quite care what happens next ´cause my tomorrow has already been as you spit out my name curse and condemn at least acknowledge that once i was someone [electric guitar outro]