The Prisoner

歌詞

I was mad and was accepted For treatment at a hospital For the mentally sick I was wild and introvert Wondering alone In the night I would scream and rage Should someone Disturb my peace So they took me away And they put me here alone In my silent privacy Then they gave me shock treatment When I woke I was numb And remembered nothing Probe me mold me Reassemble my brain, my brain Schizoid paranoid Just terms, just names, just names Why can't you leave me Don't drive me insane, insane Your minds analyze me Your eyes penetrate me Illusion, confusion, I'm frightened, I'm helpless Please leave me I long to be free I lie alone unable to remember No face no names no eyes my brain just an ember Kindle me protect my barren matter Whose seeds may propagate yet still they shatter They have emptied my head of its dreaming Like paper out of a waste bin And I yearned to be free Cold is the climate dark is the atomic night Searching and hoping guarding my mind from your sight Your evil eyes watch me your evil hands touch me they're cold I can stand prison but even my conscience you hold Let me be Set me free Probe me mold me Reassemble my brain, my brain Schizoid paranoid Just terms, just names, just names Why can't you leave me Don't drive me insane insane insane insane insane ...