I am the painted man
With a frown on my face
And a language you don't understand

A wild refugee
That is all you people can see
I am the painted man

With a smile on my lips
And a living tattoo on my hand
That's no guarantee

Of the truth you people can see

Why - With poison so strong in our hearts

And the world torn apart
Why - when our actions bring nothing but pain
Can't you see that we're painted the same?


I am the painted man
With bile in my veins

From a dark and sinister plan
Blind and deceived
That is all you people believe

I am the painted man
No thought for the world
I was here when the nightmare began

Wrongly conceived
That is all you people believe


Why - With poison so strong in our hearts
And the world torn apart
Why - when our actions bring nothing but pain

Can't you see that we're painted the same?

Come down from your ivory towers

Corruption devours us all
Come down from your ivory towers
The hunger devours us all