Some people don’t know, what defines a madman
Ask me I’ve known a few
Would you stay in a room all alone
Trust me, you don’t want to
How do you tell if a baby is evil?
Cut it’s fingers off see if it cares?
I’ve found a passageway in my mind
That answers all the questions!
I climbed to the top of mountains
And the earth has quaked below my feet
But do I really know who’s evil,
Do I care, do I know?
Is a person really evil
Or do they get tricked by people?
Van Der Lubbe!
I found a place in my head
Where all my questions are answered
I searched for days, but still…
I could find no answers
When you choose to buy a house
Whose to know its haunted
I certainly could not decipher
The good of our community from the bad.
[Chorus]
credits
from A Negative Loss,
released August 25, 2008
Words & music: Robert Heart
Bob Heart & Jonty 'Jazz' Bagshaw, from 1986-1989 were The Bob Experience. Their debut album (featuring drum programming by Bill Pippen) was remastered by Heart in 2012. RIP Jonty. Bill & Bob
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