Oh Sweet Lobotomy!

there's a dark shadow that lurks near by
it chants and rants and shouts obscenities
we all look round and try to avoid it
we pretend it's not there until we have to stop....
and take notice
what shall we do?

oh sweet lobotomy!

they came and locked away
they tied and restrained what they did not understand
left them there to wallow in their own filth until they died
what else could be done?

oh sweet lobotomy!

it carried on like that for many many years
the same fate awaited those
who didn't fit in, the unwanted
the misunderstood
the abused
the scared and lonely
if only there was something else that could be done
to free these screaming souls from the devils that plagued them

oh sweet lobotomy!

then the doctors came
the men of science who would bring salvation
trying to shake them and bake them
stab them and freeze them
it was all progress of course
if some died or got worse
it all made for good reading in the next issue of the journal
onward, onward, lots more to try...

oh sweet lobotomy!

when all else fails
lets f**k up their brains
pick at their brains
the ice pick method will bring some restraint
(the doctor adjusts his specs)

oh sweet lobotomy!
oh sweet aversion therapy (the cure for the homosexuals who need to be "turned")!
oh sweet everything that makes people fit into boxes and labels and statistics and norms
why try to understand....
when you can do it by force!
(a bell sounds, end of the show, return to your homes, it's all fixed now)

the dark shadow is still there (the dark shadow is in the eye of the beholder)......






Frater Therion