He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Dark bodies floating in darkness
No sign of light ever given
Imprisoned in a world without a memory
Unconscious, or am I conscious?
Cut from the heart I am part of
Sometimes I feel as though I'm frozen in heaven
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness (loneliness)
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
In dreams I see myself flying
Closer to the sun and I'm climbing
Tried to touch the sun
But the brightness burned my eyes
Unconscious, or am I conscious?
Fell from the sky like a star
Sometimes I feel as though I'm frozen in heaven
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness (loneliness)
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness (loneliness)
And I saw my own face like a spark
Dark, dark, dark
My life was so dark
Dark, dark, dark
My mind was so dark
Dark, dark, dark
My life was so dark
Dark, dark, dark
Everything was
Unconscious or am I conscious?
Fell from the sky like a star
Sometimes I feel as though I'm frozen in heaven
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness (loneliness)
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
Dark bodies floating in darkness
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
Dark bodies floating in darkness
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
Dark bodies floating in darkness
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
Dark bodies floating in darkness
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
Dark bodies floating in darkness
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
Dark bodies floating in darkness
No sign of light ever given
Imprisoned in a world without a memory
Unconscious, or am I conscious?
Cut from the heart I am part of
Sometimes I feel as though I'm frozen in heaven
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness (loneliness)
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
In dreams I see myself flying
Closer to the sun and I'm climbing
Tried to touch the sun
But the brightness burned my eyes
Unconscious, or am I conscious?
Fell from the sky like a star
Sometimes I feel as though I'm frozen in heaven
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness (loneliness)
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness (loneliness)
And I saw my own face like a spark
Dark, dark, dark
My life was so dark
Dark, dark, dark
My mind was so dark
Dark, dark, dark
My life was so dark
Dark, dark, dark
Everything was
Unconscious or am I conscious?
Fell from the sky like a star
Sometimes I feel as though I'm frozen in heaven
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness (loneliness)
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
Dark bodies floating in darkness
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
Dark bodies floating in darkness
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
Dark bodies floating in darkness
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
Dark bodies floating in darkness
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
Dark bodies floating in darkness
And I saw my own face in the dark and loneliness
And I saw my own face like a spark frozen in heaven
Dark bodies floating in darkness
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