Institutional Man

By Dio

On Angry Machines

Released on September 23, 1996

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[Verse 1]

Inside the walls I've made to keep out all who reach for me

I might have lost my way and I can't come out again

Don't come around here anymore, you may infect yourself

Don't ever cross this line you could see monsters in your mind there just like me


[Verse 2]

Have I erased all sense of touch? I don't feel anything

Sometimes they say I need

Sometimes I think I need

Sometimes I know I need

New parts for my brain


[Bridge]

Most dreams, they're black and white but I must color mine

Each day's another endless night of screaming of shouting at the outside

Someone let me in


[Chorus 1]

Set me free now no-one can

Faces at the window

Stop the water, bags of sand

Institutional man


[Guitar Solo]


[Verse 3]

Sometimes they say I need

Sometimes I think I need

Sometimes I know I need

New parts for my brain


[Chorus 2]

Set me free now no-one can

Faces at the window

Lock the cages, tie my hands

Institutional, institutional man


[Instrumental Outro]