[Verse 1] Between the roof and reality An artist who's trapped in the mood of a rabid beast Only release from the creature within Is creating, paintings with features as grim
Standing around all day working his craft With his brushes and ink turning mercy to wrath Surely this had to be the door to perfection He though feeding more in to his horrid obsession
Grown used to ignoring objections The more he would work the more he would progress and He had to create, to master the paint All before he was sectioned or slashing his veins
But every time he'd improve he would hate it To notice mistakes where he'd thought he was great, sick Impatient, the illustrations, still too basic Erase it, the frustration building to hatred
[Verse 2] Unable to tell if there's a train, if he missed it Or even if his destination existed Is there even a thing as perfection Or has he spent his time missing directions?
All these questions demanded and answer He flipped out, screamed outlandish in anger Could it be that his work was a lie And his fate was to suffer and worthlessly die
The man cursed at the earth and sky If they even exist, if the world is alive (What am I?) Suddenly his shouting had ceased And the corpse of the artist fell down on the street
The writer had grown bored thinking this text Thought that the man would be more interesting dead But now there aren't many things to be said Was a matter of time 'til the prince would collect