[Verse 1]
I was once a lion
A monster in Orion
Alas the humans came
Now I'm handled with a chain

Hear the children holler
"A serpent for a collar!"
I will get no rest
In this haunted wilderness

[Chorus 1]
And the crowd comes and goes
To what end? No one knows

[Verse 2]
The critics write the canon
The bankers bring the famine
There will always be
A little crumb for you and me

Hear the serpent holler
"A child for a dollar!"
I will get no rest
In this mirrored wilderness
[Chorus 2]
And the crowd comes and goes
To what end? No one knows
Like the ships on the wind
Like the dust in the medicine

[Verse 3]
Call him Narcissus
I know all his secrets
He is such a fool
He drowned his love in a swimming pool

Hear the trainer holler
"A serpent for a collar!"
He hates it when I roar
And when he's drunk he hates it more

[Chorus 3]
And the crowd comes and goes
To what end? No one knows
Like the ships on the wind
Like the dust in the medicine