The Emperor's New Clothes Lyrics - Singles - Plunkett

Smoke in the dark makes me ask 

Why can't I feel it? 

Or even taste it as I draw it down 

I cough now and then so perhaps 

I should believe it 

Only darkness keeps me down with the dust 

So I'll try 

And I'll cry out to all of the others 

All of the others who ask in the dust here with me now 

To justify a reason 

A reason why we just don't all have faith that we breathe it 

Is darkness the only reason? 

'Cos all our coughing should be all we need to believe it 

But we don't and so we lie still 

Weak with the strong and strong with the weak 

Our egos betray love 

We're like animals starved in our kind 

Be strong with the strong look after the weak 

Then we can preach love 

Only apathy keeps us down with the dust 

So I'll try 

And I'll cry out to all of the others 

All of the others who clasp to the dust here with me now 

To justify a reason 

A reason why we just don't all have faith and then prove it 

Is distraction the only reason? 

Because our willing is all that we need to break through it 

But we don't and so we lie still 

The poor young boy 

Had nothing to lose 

Then the others a saw what they knew 

And they laughed so hard 

So I'll try 

And I'll cry out to all of the others 

All of the others who gasp in the dust here with me now 

To justify a reason 

A reason why we just don't all have faith and then brave it 

Is fear the only reason? 

Because our willing is all that we need to defy it 

But we don't and so we lie still 

The emperor's new clothes 

Do they blind you?