Song in Vain

Going on like a song bird Singing just for the sake of the word Tell me what you heard Losing time like a loose tooth Living like life's a long time away Tell me what's at stake And hear me sing Without meaning And tell me why it feels so right Telling lies like a lover All is fair in love and the word Tell me what it's worth Show it off like a jester Like a trick of the king and the bards Show me all the cards And tell me how To write for good And tell me why it feels so wrong The world's off burning now And all I can do is sing For the sake of my sanity For the sake of what's left of beauty So I play in great vanity And I laugh in the face of humanity What's left of it is hard to see But the ghost of our gods, he laughed right back at me