natural freak

Originally taken from the album Natural Freak, 2003CE

I'm a natural freak, walking the street
hands in my pocket & eyes on my feet
never talk unless I've got something to say
it's your terror of silence that drives me away

a natural freak, a one person clique
but there's millions inside me all trying to speak
I can't sleep any more for this clamour inside
how am I getting away with my life?

when this world is in such pain
& they've done this in our name
I'm afraid I must insist
that we should be standing on much firmer terra than this

I'm a natural freak, toast of the week
wearing my problems as radical chic
selling my soul to the sick & the strange
but I'm not after money, I only want change

we don't know what's going on
we just know there's something wrong
& the error has been missed
& we should be standing on much firmer terra than this

I'm a natural freak, although I'm unique
on closer inspection I lose my mystique
you're predicting my words before I can speak
writing me off as too wild or too meek

& the world goes rolling on
you forget about this song
the illusion will persist
but we should be standing on much firmer terra than this

compounding the error but sometimes it's hard to resist
when we should be standing on much firmer terra than this