Invisible - Monster's Waltz lyrics

His honesty was concentric To where he lives at the periphery Spin the governor's world Became the force that governed him His need for affirmation Kept on spinning him Spin the governor's world Became a raging force within Speeches and manifestos And statements of intent Came up in conversation Were tested on his friends Conflict and antagonism Were no stranger to him Familiar is the shifting From day to night and day again And he would find the tide To swim against it And he would find the tide To swim against it And he would find the tide To swim against it So he too could be injured By the power of... Trouble Trouble The role he sought to inhabit Was dual in its nature Innocent as a dove Cunning as a serpent He toyed with this image And the (???) Innocence was lost His spirit crushed, his soul If misery was a prison cell It was not of his making But he couldn't shake the feeling He was complicit in his own sentencing