Saw it at age 14, here I’m 33 and still raging this song

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Writing On The Walls

Yesterday my razor died halfway through the crime,
Half my head went bald while the beard kept dragging time.
I looked like a TV nightmare from a trippy ’70s run,
Panic in my bones—this joke ain’t fun.

I grabbed a blunt old knife and tried to fix the wreck,
Carved at my own face till the mirror snapped my neck.
Gray on my chin, wild in my stare,
Twenty years younger at first glance—then… beware.

Oh Lord, oh Lord—what have I done?
Blood on the tiles, nowhere to run.
Oh Lord, oh Lord—I can’t go out,
The mirror laughs while I black out.

No way I’m walking streets looking like this mess,
Can’t pick up the kids like a horror in a dress.
Tomorrow is a wedding, the next day someone’s gone—
But I can’t face a soul with this face put on.

I can’t go out! I can’t go out!
What have I done? What have I done?

My darling—my new-found flame,
What will you see when I call your name?
I swore I’d take your hand and dance at the ball,
Now I’m hiding from the town, can’t face them at all.
Not welcome at the Zoo with this carnival head,
I’m a sideshow creature the crowd would dread.

Panic hits hard—what am I to do?
Could I glue back the beard? Could I glue back the ’do?
“Sure—it must work,” I said without a thought,
Grabbed the wrong tub… now curls I never bought.

Oh Lord, oh Lord—what have I done?
Hair set like concrete, nightmare won.
Oh Lord, oh Lord—I can’t go out,
Every pore is screaming loud.

Tape it? Staple it? Hide it with a hood?
Patchwork monster—does it do me any good?
Hands keep shaking, heartbeat drums—
This is the chaos a mirror becomes.

What have I done? (Say it!)
What have I done? (Say it!)
Can’t go out—can’t go out—
What have I done?!

Oh Lord, oh Lord—what have I done?
Glue and blood under a dying sun.
Oh Lord, oh Lord—I can’t go out…
Fade the lights—leave me with my shout.

Writing On The Walls

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