Cardiacs - Tarred And Feathered lyrics

I find I understand the rules but cannot find the reasons Do they include everything and they change for every season It's only a matter of... Time is of the essence, shall I put up some resistance? Cursed with the awareness of my own existance It's only a matter of... Time tends to pa** by quicker than the nail That boxes me together forever it forms the seal Is the knowledge of my own existance real? I find I understand the rules but cannot find the reasons Do they include everything and they change for every season It's only a matter of... Time tends to pa** by quicker than the nail That boxes me together forever it forms the seal Is the knowledge of my own existance real? A slice of life a piece of mind Laid on a plate of my own kind I'll take a key from the gravy And unlock the cage that holds the ravens in What's it like flying high? I've a cone for a beak, but the tar makes me cry That holds me together, tarred and feathered Breathing home, hoping for the day The radio and television's thrown the rest away Oh dear me, look who's come around Now all I have to do is hide my body in the ground It's all I have to do When they who to the sea go down And in the waters ply their toil Are lifted on the surges crown And plunged where seething eddies boil