Patrick Carney - Petition lyrics

I prefer to think of him As a man of many means Of powers extreme Disposed to the extreme Nature so determined He may never change his mind The only possible excuse For pretending to be blind Petition for a life unknown To all my predecessors shown I can't know the why of this His motives are mysterious His anger extreme Disposed to the extreme Has he a hidden past My memories they don't go back Enough to remember what I'm supposed to lack Petition for a life unknown To all my predecessors shown For those who've never had You keep coming back You take, take, take away Till the very last