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Why do you run
Answer me
Whom do you follow
Talk to me
What is the hidden
That I cannot see?
What is the prize
You try to hide from me?
I see you dying...
...and I listen
...and I listen
Listen to the flies
Listen to the flies
Who is the idol
You obey?
Give me a reason
Why you're scared of me?
Have you ever been punished?
Or never had pride?
I see you circle
Round and round the shite
...I see you dying
...I see you dying
And I listen to the flies
And I listen to the flies
Solo:
Sascha
Answer me
Whom do you follow
Talk to me
What is the hidden
That I cannot see?
What is the prize
You try to hide from me?
...and I listen
Listen to the flies
Listen to the flies
You obey?
Give me a reason
Why you're scared of me?
Have you ever been punished?
Or never had pride?
I see you circle
Round and round the shite
...I see you dying
And I listen to the flies
And I listen to the flies
Sascha
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I think this is a song about the book, Lord of the Flies. (Don't read this comment if you haven't read the book becuase there are spoilers ahead!)
In the middle of the book, Simon begins loosing his mind, believing that a pig head on a stick, "The Lord of the Flies" is talking to him. Once he comes to the realization that the beast is in all the main characters, he is killed in a rtual.
Listening to the flies is what Simon does for about three chapters. The prize in this song could refer to the boys escaping the island. Also the idol in the song could refer to both the pig head AND the conch of authority.