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Crimson flames tied through my ears Rollin' high and mighty traps Pounced with fire on flaming roads Using ideas as my maps "We'll meet on edges soon" said I Proud 'neath heated brow Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now. Half-cracked prejudice leaped forth "Rip down all hate" I screamed Lies that life is black and white Spoke from my skull I dreamed Romantic facts of musketeers Foundationed deep somehow Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now. Girls' faces formed the forward path From phony jealousy To memorizing politics Of ancient history Flung down by corpse evangelists Unthought of thought somehow Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now. A self-ordained professor's tongue Too serious to fool Spouted out that liberty Is just equality in school "Equality" I spoke the word As if a wedding vow Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now. In a soldier's stance I aimed my hand At the mongrel dogs who teach Fearing not that I'd become my enemy In the instant that I preach My existence led by confusion boats Mutiny from stern to bow Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now. Yes my guard stood hard when abstract threats Too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect Good and bad I define these terms Quite clear no doubt somehow Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now.