out on the edge looking in

I'm not here for your amusement
though I love to play the fool
When I find a prison, well
I'm breaking all the rules

Everyones my leader
but no one keeps me chained
you can nail me to your crosses
it's still you who are to blame

bringing fire from heaven
well sure I paid a price
locked up for the weekend
but at least I rolled the dice

I don't care if you've gone crazy
there is no such thing as sane
it's just a story that you made up
to drive away the pain

You put your past behind you
you lay your dead to rest
so when you drink the spirits
your disdained become your guests

always I'm among you
so you don't know where to look
I've become my own police man
cuz I'm the biggest crook

I am not the darkness
though I know I'm not the light
it was you that split the heavens
cuz it gave you such a fright
so you marked each stars passing
hoping it returned, and
then you found the planets
how the heavens churned

imagination turned to legend
possibility to fact
for every two steps forward
it was me that pushed you back

each act of kindness
is answered with it's sin
when answers to the questions
have set limits from within

so I burn my wings to blind you
from the light you so adore
to find I was beneath you
while you use me as a floor

I can take a pounding
for awhile I like the view
but when things are beneath you
well you know what people do

no matter how I fight it
I'm always someones tool
like the surfer and galactus
but at least I know the rules

whipped when I'm barking
there are strangers at your door
another act of kindness
but we gotta know the score

I am not the darkness
though I know I'm not the light
it was you that split the heavens
cuz it gave you such a fright
so you marked each stars passing
hoping it returned, and
then you found the planets
how the heavens churned

spinning webs of mystery
so everyone can play
while everybody wants the job
no one likes the pay

none of you can own me
I belong in all and none
but when you try to shape me
well I love to play along

I'll always be the joker
so I'll always take the blame
but I just do the reading
it's batman thats to blame

he always hides in shadows
never sees the light
it's not that I am jealous
he'd be nothing without me

chaos left behind me
they say I was to blame
so no one wants to find me
they just can't take their shame

how can wounds that heal so quickly
leave such lasting scars
if someone is deceiving
I know that it's not mars

I am not the darkness
though I know I'm not the light
it was you that split the heavens
cuz it gave you such a fright
so you marked each stars passing
hoping it returned, and
then you found the planets
how the heavens churned