The jury’s in the box and the sun is in the sky
They’re looking for a reason and they’re looking for a lie
I’m walking to the center with a question in my hand
To tell the story of the mission that I didn’t even plan
The Oracle of Delphi said that I was at the top
The wisdom of a man who knows the clock is gonna stop
I searched for any person who could prove the lady wrong
But all I found were poets with a very hollow song
They claim to know the heavens and they claim to know the deep
But they’re just talking in the middle of a heavy moral sleep
I am the gadfly! I’m the sting
I’m the rattle and the buzz and the truth upon the wing
You’re a heavy horse sleeping in the midday heat
I’m here to bring the friction to the center of the street
I won’t apologize! I won’t take it back
I’m the needle in the center of the ideological track
You tell me that the penalty is death upon the floor
Unless I promise never to be talking anymore
But if I have to live without the fire of the mind
I’d rather leave the body and the city far behind
The unexamined life is just a shadow on a wall
A cycle of the vanity before the final fall
You think you’re doing damage when you’re reaching for the cup
I’m the only one in Athens trying to wake the city up
You’re voting for the darkness and you’re voting for the rest
But I’m going to the grave having passed the final test
I am the gadfly! I’m the sting
I’m the rattle and the buzz and the truth upon the wing
You’re a heavy horse sleeping in the midday heat
I’m here to bring the friction to the center of the street
I won’t apologize! I won’t take it back
I’m the needle in the center of the ideological track
The sun goes down
The vote is cast
The questions remain
I’m the fly in the ointment
I’m the sting in the soul
Goodbye, Athens