The Cynic

The Askesis of Diogenes. Yeah, we're literally writing songs about ancient Greek philosophers now. https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/ Drums, percussion, mixing: R Thomas Guitars, Melodica, Bass, Vocal, MIDI, mixing: PS Perkins The Poem: https://mystictapedeck.com/bards/the-cynic/ ------------- LYRICS ------------- Adrift In a world that you can't comprehend As you shuffle down sidewalks you used to defend And pick through the garbage from parties you no longer attend You know you're a stranger in still stranger lands Where the crumbling monuments once used to stand And they look at you funny when you ask them where to find an honest man When you're gone, long, long gone When they try to dismiss you, you piss on their shoes As they fondle their falsehoods and call them the truth If only the hunger in our bellies were so easily soothed But you are not like them and you don't even try No matter how rotten, you can't make them cry You're as real as their shadows but they'll never understand why Until you're gone, long, long gone So you eat in the market and sleep in a hole You drink from your hands now instead of a bowl Stand naked before them to show how the years take their toll And when the wild dogs come to nip at your legs And the passing onlookers who expect you to beg But your life was a promise and it's far too late now to renege And then you're gone, long, long gone