I tried to be special
hunted, thin and lustrous pale
but with spots I am born
I had almost forgotten
I wanted to be spiritual
a sparkling personality
but that requires
genes and predispositions
and that, I don't have
And it takes hundreds of years
to hide the flaws - I am light years away
disfigured and cross-eyed - and it stings like chlorine
like new cold sores, a third class sheep
when everybody is listening to you
can you protect me?
I only wanted to escape from myself
cut off my inadequacy
but with the spots I have hidden
(I am) already doomed
I wanted to be intellectual
well-traveled, urbane, disgustingly young
but the heritage weighs heavily
genes and predispositions
everything was a mistake
And it takes hundreds of years
to hide the flaws - I am light years away
disfigured and cross-eyed - and it stings like chlorine
like new cold sores, a third class sheep
when everybody is listening to you
(hundreds of years)
can you protect me?
(light years away)
can you protect me?
(hundreds of years)
can you protect me?
(a third class sheep)
can you protect me?
(hundreds of years)
please, protect me