[Verse 1]
I was lost and tossed
On a misty morning by a drunken sailor
And the genie in the bottle let me down
I was raised on Cain, in the name of the Father
And the Mother and the brother
And the other who was never even 'round
On a windswept coast with the black night falling
I was heard to be calling that my ship
And all its crew were going down
As the sun ran slowly by a childhood rivulet
A jeweled king summoned me
Commanding that I run and tell the town

[Chorus]
Saw you, saw me
Run quickly now
Run and hide away
Run and hide today

[Verse 2]
In a room in a castle full of faceless lovers
I was cut and bleeding
And the image in the mirror struck me down
I was chased and beaten
By a well-drilled team of little men breathing colors
And abandoned in a coffin in the ground
As a pale young virgin made a meal of a martyr
She was hailed as holy
By the only ones who stood and held their ground
When a bright Mona Lisa with the eyes of a tiger
Read a new proclamation
I was stricken from her list and never found
[Chorus]
Saw you, saw me
Run quickly now
Run and hide away
Run and hide today, oh

[Outro]
Seems they come and go so quickly
Disappear like sunlight in the evening
And they may not ever be explained
Seems like they come and go so quickly
Disappearing in the air like a breath of wind
And they may not ever be explained
And I woke up thinking I was dying
If you find one, hang on with all you got
Way down deep, deep in your soul
For it may not ever come again
And I woke up crying like a baby, baby
No, they may not ever be explained
And I woke up thinking 'bout you
If you find one, hang on
With everything you got deep down there in your soul
For they may not ever be explained
And I woke up crying like a baby
Seems like they come and go so quickly
But disappear like sunlight in the evening
And they may not ever be explained
And I woke up thinking I had the answer
If you find one, hang on
With everything you got deep down in your soul
For it may not ever be explained
And I woke up