There was something about you
that I knew was amiss
something about you
that I knew I had missed
Yeah you were smiling, self-assured, viewed
yourself as a god
and every opinion too
Something about you
put a twist in my stomach
as you lunged over tables
and glowered in corners
Charismatic, with a force and a leaning
words that you spoke
and those left out had more meaning
That leering, definite gaze,
the rumours, the shadows
their silence for days
But he's a good guy,
I heard them say
from the gossip of the pub
and the safety of space
Nothing did wrong,
it was just an accident
how could a guy like this
could have such a twist?
It's something about them
that makes you mad
if they'd just listened
this problem you wouldn't have
Maybe if they'd just stop
and realise how hard it was to be you
with your glory, and your unknown potential
Everyone else holding you back
everyone's opinions met by those of yours that they lack
I see you believe that it was all just of this
how could you, so wonderful, be accused of this?
And you see everything as a hidden duality
intentions one-dimensional
it was always a demand
for all to see your reality
Half truths, slammed drawers
just grab another beer
and reaffirm your orders
And the shattered shells you left behind
had nothing to do with your piece of mind
and everything to do with their state of being
it's the lost souls that keep appearing
and even now I see you continue
with you halo-glow and
rusty cogs a-whirring
so defended, so revered
now that the demon's shrivelled in fear
There was something about you
that I should've picked up on,
something about you that
I should have done
But is it too late to make it end?
because you've done it before,
and you'll do it again.