AN OPEN MIND (AN OPEN WOUND) May 13/84 Karl Rigelhof

If you could open up my mind
To see the thoughts locked up inside
You might be surprised to find
The feelings that I am trying to hide

From this pool of memories that I call my own
Pours my emotions to flood the frozen zones
To melt the ice of indecision gnawing at my bones
To drown the fire burning in my soul
To face the facts with precision and challenge the unknown

If they could hook me up into a machine
What wonders my ideas would create
To build reality from my dreams
But something still makes me hesitate

My mind is always somewhere else
Where it shouldn't be
My mind is always on something else
Never to be free

My mind is always somewhat confused
My heart always somehow gets abused
My life is always someone elses
To pick and choose
What they want of me
What do they want of me
Out of me

Maybe you might not understand
You may misinterpret what I mean
Don't take things into your own hands
And shape them to fit your needs