Invisible

*All lyrics taken from and credited to
"Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison*
I am a man of substance
Of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids
And I might even be said to possess a mind
I am invisible, understand
Simply because people refuse to see me
Like the bodiless heads you
See sometimes in a circus sideshow
It is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors
Of hard distorting glass
When they approach me they see only my surroundings
Themselves or figments of their imagination
Indeed, everything and anything except me

Power
Show
Off
Power
Show
Off
I was never more hated
Then when I tried to be honest
I was never more hated
Then when I tried to be honest

Here are the facts
He was standing and he fell
He fell and he kneeled
He kneeled and he bled
He bled and he died
He fell in a heap like any man
And his blood spilled out like any blood
Red as any blood, wet as any blood
And reflecting the sky and buildings and birds and trees
Or your face if you looked into its dulling mirror
And it dried in the sun as blood dries
That's all
They spilled his blood and he bled. They cut him down and he died
The blood flowed on the walk in a pool
Gleamed a while, and, after a while
Became dull then dusty, then dried
That's the story

I was never more hated
Then when I tried to be honest
I was never more hated
Then when I tried to be honest

Power doesn't have to show off
Power doesn't have to show off
Power doesn't have to show off
Power doesn't have to show off

I was never more hated
Then when I tried to be honest
I was never more hated
Then when I tried to be honest
I was never more hated
Then when I tried to be honest
I was never more hated
Then when I tried to be honest
Power
Show
Off
Power
Show
Off
Power
Show
Off
Power
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Off
And that's how it ended
It's an old story
And there's been too much blood to excite you
Besides, it's only important
When it fills the veins of a living man
Aren't you tired of such stories?
Aren't you sick of blood?
Then why listen?
Why don't you go?