Like Prometheus
Chained to the rock
Healing only to have an eagle
Eat his liver again

Like Sisyphus
Climbing the hill
Falling awake to that same old place
The place he's always been

A prisoner of my sexuality
A prisoner of the past
The memory of my parents
And the fear of death

I never sinned against false gods
I didn't give fire to man
My grandmother said live til you die
My father said do what you can

Like Prometheus
Chained to the rock
Healing only to have an eagle
Eat his liver again
Like Sisyphus
Climbing the hill
Falling awake to that same old place
The place he's always been

It's always there
It never goes away

guitar

A victim of my own ingenuity
A casualty in some cosmic joke
Didn't I finally quit drinking?
Didn't I quit hanging with *****s?

My mother told me I'm no good
How long will this torture last?
My ex-wife calls me mentally ill
My son shackles me to the past

Chorus

Jim Colyer ascap

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