There is an essence in the water There is a spirit in the sky There is a spider drawing webs To crucify a fly The fly is drawing nearer Just as if he knew How we all must fit the pattern How the pattern must fit you Everybody say amen These are the dreams of ordinary men This is the world that we'll be living in Out of the dreams of ordinary men I mistook all your intentions But you never did deceive I have a helpless fascination For the web you wove for me We had nightly public beatings But we slept in private hells And I feel no guilt or vengeance We just couldn't help ourselves So what's the answer I have to find To change my world like I change my mind And change my life If I could only change my dreams