No One Knows My Plan Lyrics - John Henry - They Might Be Giants

In my prison cell I think these words 

I was careless 

I can see that now 

I must be silent 

Must contain my secret smile 

I want to tell you 

you my mirror 

you my iron bars 

When I made a shadow on my window shade 

They called the police and testified 

But they're like the people chained up in the cave 

In the allegory of the people in the cave by the Greek guy 

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No one understands 

No one knows my plan 

Why the dancing, shouting 

Why the shrieks of pain 

The lovely music 

Why the smell of burning autumn leaves 

No one understands 

No one knows my plan 

Why the dancing, shouting 

Why the shrieks of pain 

The lovely music 

Why the smell of burning autumn leaves 

In my prison cell I bide my time 

Always thinking 

Always busy cooking up an angle 

Working on the tiny blueprint of the angle 

Sketching out the burning autumn leaves 

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No one understands 

No one knows my plan 

I must be silent, must contain my secret smile 

I want to tell you 

you my mirror 

you my iron bars 

No one understands 

No one knows my plan