Nobody knows the man that I keep hid
Nobody knows the man that I keep hid—
He’s raised my face like a pirate’s flag,
...A phantom nation’s tattered rag... (bloody rag)
Nobody knows the man that I keep hid
Someone used my mouth and laughed out loud
Someone used my mouth and laughed out loud—
Talked in ways that were strange to you,
Whispered things even money won’t do,
Nobody knows the man that I keep hid
Something startled you late last night
Something startled you late last night—
A ghost from my dreams, lean and pale,
Moved in you, left a vapor trail,
Nobody knows the man that I keep hid
You say you’ve changed
But fear you won’t,
I say I’ve changed
And prove I don’t
Someone made my heart a silver spoon
Someone made my heart a silver spoon—
It eats away at love and pride,
Like hunger down a mountainside,
Nobody knows the man that I keep hid
Nobody knows the man that I keep hid