If you are the idol
On a high pedestal
I can bow down
And kneel and pray
I can revere
From a distance
I do not wish
To stand up or stay
If you are a stranger
Walking along
I can smile
And not fray
I do not wish
To stop or stay
If you are the God
And I the fallen angel
I remain the devil
In my own way
I do not wish
To rise or stay
If you are the sun
And I the ashes
I can scatter
My being away
I do not wish
To be whole and stay
If you are the wine seller
And I the drunk
Pour me a cup
And look away
I do not wish
To be seen or stay
Stay up there
So I may look up
For it is simpler
To adore
And want
Nothing more
For if you came down
And we were the same
My drunken words
Might give me away
Pay me no notice
Give me no thought
Whirling in
My drunken trance
I remain unseen
Let me stay
