About Those Who Let Me Down Lyrics

Pardon me if I don't understand your praises

And if I seem to think a bit more about those who let me down

I try to get away from our usual places

And I feel no remorse or happiness now that they're gone

I try to love as I see fit

I try to be compassionate, but not too much

I try to be kind to all of those I meet

I try to be warm with every touch

But as I'm going forward I go back

Wasn't time just a straight arrow?

And to those who regard the earth flat

Do you think even the soul is narrow?

I'm not searching for trouble nor for fame

But everywhere I go, I hear clenching swords

I hear the cry of Rome, Jerusalem,

And Jordan and the Tiber flowing backwards