What You Were - Angels of Light

Were you asleep in the chair

As the sound cracked in the air

And the scent of the fire

Drifted out through the hall

Did I sleep in your bed

Or the room next to yours

Did the drugs cloud my head

And so leave me unclear

Here’s what you were

Here’s how I remember you

With your robe open wide

And your mouth to the side

They couldn’t see where you clutched

Your golden son’s image

They could see how you tried

To regain your ridiculous pride

But you failed then you died

With your dignity laid open

Right here’s where you disappear

But here’s how I will always see you

You ride in your white Cadillac

You ride through the crowd

Like a warrior

But they turn and look down

And they walk away

From your beautiful lie

And your absurd and malignant

Expectations