Cockroach

I found a cockroach, so beautiful was he

Then some suggestion said: "that's ugliness, you see"

Now ugliness is part of truth, although it isn't true

And it gave that big resounding name to five as two times two

Then along came a cockroach, this mistake seemed real

So he put a great big chain on my soul

I was an eagle in the eye of the farthest hurricane

I'd found the universe reflected into eyes that knew no pain

She asked me please to look beyond, but I didn't seem to hear

And she became a mere attachment then, a reflection to be near

Then along came the cockroach, attachment seemed real

So he put another chain on my soul

I can hear, I can hear echoes from the distant lane of love

But it's so narrow, I want one lane for two

But there's only one for one

My time is disappearing now, I've spent it like a fool

I'd like to try to give what's left unto the visions of my soul

But the cannon of injustice sings, they play the marching song

As my will runs off with me once more to keep me free from wrong

And along comes the cockroach, human pride seems real

So he puts another chain on my soul

Then along came a cockroach, this mistake seemed real

So he put a great big chain on my soul

Then along came the cockroach, attachment seemed real

So he put another chain on my soul