while you're sitting in your clock tower town of royal fogness black water spreads far and wide seen from the sky sometime soon you're gonna have to shed your sterling snobness do you think black shiny birds can relearn to fly well it's your turn now, it's your turn now i think it's your turn now to StepDown (2x) you lured us to the black fabric box preaching change of direction what you have presented to us is 180 degrees sitting in your columned fortress with a golden erection how about some changes for the common man if you please repeat chorus a large golden host sits way up high like a crown on the shepherd who supposedly has control of his herd did you know the ones with deaf ears were chosen to go down i think 'petty gossip' were the reported holy words repeat chorus guitar break outro fade to end