No hope nor reason Just 13 years against the grain Broke, burned and branded No greater cause called my name Caged like a cipher Doomed to dwell a dead-end life The way it is? Or conspiracy? Wherefore and why this world should be? Now through wool-encrusted eyes I see Their malfeasance and their sophistry As the tentacles of lies unfold In this complete control ♪ Rife with division Shreds of truth infect the maze Prophets spew derision As empires wax and wane Who am I in this? A hero's song, or Caliban? Plant the seed, pull the strings My will is all that's left of me Now through wool-encrusted eyes I see Their malfeasance and their sophistry As the tentacles of lies unfold In this complete control ♪ Now killers walk among us And skeptics blindly stare As power grips insidious All that's real fades into the air