I come down And don't know Who I was Or where I was I come down And the tattoos Of distant avenues Litter my skin Like the junk of fallen thieves I come down And I have myself Been crucified Against myself Once again On my knees Once again On my knees Once again On my knees Once again On my knees Once again On my knees I come down I come down I come down And belief is a residue Of everything seeming man made
And none too pure I come down A cadaver Hanging there in thin air Like so many forgotten sons Or bugs who just float thru thin air I come down And don't know Who I was Writing and saying things That resemble Just because A madman A saint A trickster A megalomaniac A poet And even A human being And even A human being On my knees On my knees On my knees Once again On my knees On my knees On my knees Once again