How cruel
Is the golden rule?
When the lives we lived are only golden-plated

And I knew the lights of the city were too heavy for
me
And though I carried karats for everyone to see
And I saw god cry in the reflection of my enemies
And all the lovers with no time for me
And all the mothers raise their babies
To stay away from me...

Tongues on the sockets
Of electric dreams
Where the sewage of youth
Drowned the spark of my
Teens

And I knew the lights of the city were too heavy for
me
(Too heavy for me)
And thought I carried karats for everyone to see
(Everyone to see)
And I saw god cry in the reflection of my enemies
And all the lovers with no time for me
And of all the mothers raise their babies
To stay away from me...
And pray they don't grow up to be me