The Endless Enigma (Part 1) - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Why do you stare, do you think that I care?

You’ve been misled by the thoughts in your head

Your words waste and decay

Nothing you say reaches my ears anyway

You never spoke a word of truth

Why do you think I believe what you said?

Few of your words ever enter my head

I’m tired of hypocrite freaks with tongues in their cheeks

Turning their eyes as they speak

They make me sick and tired

Are you confused to the point in your mind

Though you’re blind can’t you see you’re wrong?

Won’t you refuse to be used, even though you may know

I can see you’re wrong?

Please, please, please open their eyes

Please, please, please don’t give me lies

I’ve ruled all of the earth

Witnessed my birth, cried at the sight of a man

And still I don’t know who I am

Are you confused to the point in your mind

Though you’re blind can’t you see you’re wrong?

Won’t you refuse to be used, even though you may know

I can see you’re wrong?

Please, please, please open their eyes

Please, please, please don’t give me lies

I’ve seen paupers as kings

Puppets on strings dance for the children who stare

You must have seen them everywhere

Each part was played but the play was not shown

Everyone came but they all sat alone

The dawn opened the play, breaking the day

Causing a silent hooray

The dawn will break another day

Now that it’s done I’ve begun to see

The reason why I’m here