They tell you they do
but they don't
They say they will
but they won't
They pretend to understand
instead of showing what they want
and then there is me
the idiot who just can't see
the idiot believing they do
when they don't
hoping they will
when they won't
So why does this idiot tries to answer the call
when he clearly doesn't understand at all
so for what it's worth
he best remains a free bird
Defeat, my defeat,
my solitude and my aloofness
You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs,
And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory.
Defeat, my defeat
my self-knowledge and my defiance,
Through you I know that I am yet young and swift of foot
And not to be trapped by withering laurels.
And in you I have found aloneness
And the joy of being shunned and scorned.
Defeat, my defeat,
my shining sword and shield,
In your eyes I have read
That to be enthroned is to be enslaved,
And to be understood is to be leveled down,
And to be grasped is but to reach one’s fullness
And like a ripe fruit to fall and be consumed.
Defeat, my defeat,
my bold companion,
You shall hear my songs and my cries and my silences,
And none but you shall speak to me of the beating of wings,
And urging of seas,
And of mountains that burn in the night,
And you alone shall climb my steep and rocky soul.
Defeat, my defeat,
my deathless courage,
You and I shall laugh together with the storm,
And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us,
And we shall stand in the sun with a will,
And we shall be dangerous.
