Going New Places

You think me a fool, looking down
But my mind’s eye alone can raze your towns
Your children see me as God above
I taught them that death is the ultimate love
Pain is not bad, it teaches you things
Welcome your darkness, it endows you with wings
I din’t put knives in your children’s hands
I taught your castaways to make their own stand
Piggies take shelter
Fire and strife
Helter Skelter
Black against white
You hate me and judge me
Revile and begrudge me
But you can’t deny that
Your shadow self loves me
I have no malice for you
I have no malice for you
From their birth as bastards
Alone and confused
But I knew better:
Even broken things serve a use
A father’s love and devotion I promised
Carnal and earthly delights
We rejected your meaning of normal
We refused to be right
I have X’d myself from your world
I’m iconic, psychotic, California state bird
I have no use for money, never lacked for girls
Sooner or later, my visions unfurl
Piggies take shelter
Fire and strife
Helter Skelter
Black against white
You hate me and judge me
Revile and begrudge me
But you can’t deny that
Your shadow self loves me