Sencillo / Pista
The Holy Egoism Of Genius (Live And Reconstructed / 1999)
Letras
Claude Debussy, who is in fact the hero of our story
He didn't believe in God
He didn't believe in the establishment
He didn't believe in bourgeois convention
He didn't believe in Beethoven or Wagner
Although he knew exactly the difference
Between Thelonious Monk and Liberace
Claude Debussy, the hero of our story
The father of, amongst others, Andy Warhol, Charlie Mingus, Brian Eno
He believed in the thing that all artists ultimately believe in
Claude Debussy, the hero of our story
A rock 'n' roll hero
He believed in himself
Claude Debussy, the hero of our story
My God, he always understood that a work of art
Or an effort to create beauty
Would always be looked upon by some people
Some people
As a personal attack
Claude Debussy, the hero of our story
He hated to appear in public
He hated to conduct
He hated to play piano at concerts
He hated to shake hands with Howard Hughes
He hated to swap wigs with Andy Warhol
He hated to hold money in his hand
Claude Debussy, he preferred robots to people
But wouldn't you?
No one could ever understand
Whether the spikes with which Debussy
Used to arm his volatile personality
Were activated by a savage insensitivity
Or the whole egoism of genius