There is an essence in the water   There is a spirit in the sky   There is a spider drawing webs   To crucify a fly      The fly is drawing nearer   Just as if he knew   How we all must fit the pattern   How the pattern must fit you      Everybody say amen   These are the dreams of ordinary men   This is the world that we'll be living in   Out of the dreams of ordinary men      I mistook all your intentions   But you never did deceive   I have a helpless fascination   For the web you wove for me      We had nightly public beatings   But we slept in private hells   And I feel no guilt or vengeance   We just couldn't help ourselves      So what's the answer I have to find   To change my world like I change my mind   And change my life   If I could only change my dreams