Heart Of Darkness

by Pere Ubu

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Lyrics

Maybe you see further than I can see,

or maybe things just look differently

Maybe I'm nothing but a shadow on the wall

Maybe love's a tomb where you dance at night

Maybe sanctuary is an electric light

I get so tired it's like I'm another man,

and everything I see seems so underhanded

I don't see anything that I want,

and I don't see anything that I want

Image, object, & illusion

go down to the corner

where none of the faces fit a human form,

where nothing I see there isn't deformed,

where in a secret lab works a Doctor Moreau,

and no private eye's gotta tell me it's a long goodbye

I get so tired it's like I'm another man,

and everything I see seems so underhanded

I don't see anything that I want,

and I don't see anything that I want

Looking into the heart of darkness