Still I Rise

Barry Adamson

Composição de: Barry Adamson
And still I rise
God beams down from his Red velour chaise longue where he 
scans "Thigh High" magazine and just gets right on with the
 business in hand. His reverence is interrupted by the 
sounds of seduction and keeping himself in check he screams
 "who the hell else is here, show thyself that I may be at 
peace once more" but…
Still I rise
"Who the hell else, who the hell else?" It is I Anaestheus 
the king of lust, king of all that is unjust putting ideas 
into the minds of men, chained to the tracks by their own 
desires and frittering away the choice to live amongst the 
most noble the most magnificent, the most that a man can 
possibly be but…
Still I rise
As a bright red capital A hits the centre plate. I grit 
somebody else's teeth and haul off to the next spot, my 
life taking on new meaning as I tread the unknown, 
blinkered and shivering with candle snot trickling down my 
beak, landing on my lip which gives me more food for 
thought as I fall down drunk and screw up the union but…
Still I rise
Angels place their hands on my forehead, the anaesthetic 
now splitting the death probe while surgeons hack and 
crack, spilling more claret than the time they kissed the 
sober dawn. Move on up to leg mountain and pluck out the 
chosen one, my mind is full from memory overload, the 
anaesthetic truck like shot, drains I.V.s and a back fulla 
'phine but…
Still I rise
Walk with the king, the son and myself and the whole damn 
ministry. Sleeping under bright lights that keep watch over
 our every move (takes a while but we'll get there baby) 
and so we stroll, remembering Albert Johanson, Albert 
Adamson, the soul murdered father, the Moss Side tory the 
negro inside me, the man with the Golden hip bone connected
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 to the… devil's fucking plaything
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