Well right now I reckon it must feel pretty unbearable. Who knows how the vagaries of the system work?
But in the next few days hopefully it will feel a lot better. This was straight out of Roy’s angry youth when he railed at the beast that was the society he felt caged in.
You can drop into the game and be a big wheel or you can drop out into reality.
Roy saw the whole game as life tied down and he wanted to live every second to the full.
How Does It Feel
How does it feel to be completely unreal
How does it feel to be a voter
How does it feel to be a voluntary heel
I wonder who’s it is
I see you queuing up outside Saint Peter’s gate,
You can feel bonafide if you ride with the tide
But it’s not real
How does it feel to be out on your own
How does it feel to be thinking
How does it feel to be out on the run
With the mindless world at your heels
I wish I had no answers to put to you
Cos they got me so high tied I feel
like most of me has died
And it’s real
And outside on the dragon
And inside in the cold
Mammy’s on the bandwagon, daddy’s just getting old
And through the blood spew heavens
The roar of lust complains:
Please let me in I have no sin, but you know I’m not real
And how does it feel to be the master’s right hand nose
How does it feel to be lieutenant
How does it feel to be stood on someone’s toes
With a leech bleeding you for rent,
When you say you want a bit more rank
You wanna be a big wheel
You can feel magnified if you hide in
your pride… It’s not real
And how does it feel with a white flag in your fist
How does it feel to have two faces
How does it feel with your god strapped to your wrist
And him leading you such a chase
You got one set of words for him,
and you got another for me
You’re gonna feel mystified when you’re identified
Don’t worry kid it’s not real
And outside on the dragon
And inside in the cold
Mammy’s on the bandwagon, daddy’s just getting old
And through the blood spew heavens
The roar of lust complains:
Please let me in I have no sin, but you know I’m not real
And through the blood spew heavens
The roar of lust complains:
Please let me in I have no sin, but you know I’m not real
this has been so hard to watch Roy and Tracey going through this terrible ordeal.
Watchng roy perform at the RFH in 2012 was an amazing experience with so much love and respect in the room that night.
His last concert in Bristol during a huge storm was a different affair. His last words to the fans are haunting.
Here’s hoping for good news this week!
Thanks for your comments and those images and sound from Bristol. It’s sad to hear him. It sounds as if it was a great evening. I nearly went to that but I’d been to the Festival Hall and ducked out in the end. I wish I’d been there.
Hopefully a good outcome this week and we’ll put it behind us!
Thanks again – Opher
Reblogged this on Opher's World and commented:
I think that with the Handmaid’s Tale being shown tonight – featuring this song, this was appropriate to put out again! Well done Roy!