The Setting Sun Lyrics

An ancient soul a slow decay

Of all the senses lead astray

A rat once memorized a maze

And solved it after he went blind

They made alterations to the walls

But from the start the rat was lost

A stranger in familiar halls

Wandering till he lost his mind

I never thought I'd be the one

That had to tell the setting sun

He didn't know his place in the sky

A philosopher once told a tale

Of those that tried and those that failed

Someone asked him which prevailed

He said it ended in a tie

They asked him to compose a scene

Where all the world could then succeed

He said the tide it must recede

If you ever want to see it rise

I never thought I'd be the one

That had to tell the setting sun

He didn't know his place in the sky

There was a time before the dusk

When strangers tried to earn his trust

But now they bicker fight and fuss

'Bout what they'll get once he's dead

They tell him when to sleep and when to wake

And where to shit and what to take

And the little boy steals his cake

And hides and eats it 'neath his bed

I never thought I'd be the one

That had to tell the setting sun

He didn't know his place in the sky