[Verse 1]

Every picture has its shadows and it has some source of light

Blindness, blindness and sight

The perils of benefactors, the blessings of parasites

Blindness, blindness and sight

[Chorus 1]

Threatened by all things, devil of cruelty

Drawn to all things, devil of delight

Mythical devil of the ever-present laws

Governing blindness, blindness and sight

[Verse 2]

Suntans in reservation dining rooms, pale miners in their lantern rays

Night, night and day

Hostage smiles on presidents, freedom scribbled in the subway

It's like night, night and day

[Chorus 2]

Threatened by all things, god of cruelty

Drawn to all things, god of delight

Mythical god of the everlasting laws

Governing day, day and night

[Verse 3]

Critics of all expression, judges in black and white

Saying it's wrong, saying it's right

Compelled by prescribed standards or some ideals we fight

For wrong, wrong and right

[Chorus 3]

Threatened by all things, man of cruelty, mark of Cain

Drawn to all things, man of delight born again, born again

Man of the laws, the ever-broken laws

Governing wrong, wrong and right

Governing wrong, wrong and right

Wrong and right