Sightless, he watches the columns collide   As he wanders the canyon relentlessly wide   Empires are burning, the rain cuts his skin   And in every direction the sound closes in   Time, only time, have I   And already I'm not okay      He falls in with the unwashed and unfed   He will sleep for the first time, no crib for a bed   In these extraordinary lanes   He is blind again, unaware still      From the greatest height and to the furthest end   Without association, he will bend   And walking with the wounded, old and thin   Made to be paraded, bring the misfit in   How to overpower the avenues of steel   In my illusion, what if this is real ?   Sleepless incidental, what I really need   Is how to now avoid the full stampede      I'm only taking time   And I'm not where I want to be now