1. Crimson flames tied through my ears, rollin' high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads, using ideas as my maps
We'll meet on edges, soon said I, proud 'neath heated brow
R: Ah but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
2. Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth, rip down all hate I scream
Lies that life is black and white, spoke from my skull I dreamed
Romantic flanks of musketeers, foundation deep somehow
R: Ah but I was so much older...
3. In a soldier's stance I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy in the instant that I preach
My pathway led to confusion boats, mutiny from stern to bow
R: Ah but I was so much older... (2x)
4. Yes my guards stood hard when abstract threats too nobel to neglect
Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms quite clear, no doubt, somehow
R: Ah but I was so much older... (3x)
