As he wanders the canyons relentlessly wide
 Empires are burning, the rain cuts his skin
 And in every direction the sound closes in
 Time, only time, have I
 And already I?m not okay

 He falls in with the unwashed and unfed
 He will sleep for the first time, no crib for a bed
 In these extraordinary lanes
 He is blind again, unaware still

 From the greatest height and to furthest end
 Without association, he will bend
 And walkin g with the wounded, old and thin
 Made to be paraded, bring the misfit in
 How to overpower the avenues of steel
 In my illusion, what of this is real?
 Sleepless incidental, what I really need
 Is how to now avoid the full stampede

 I?m only taking time
 And I?m not where I want to be now