The Worm

Henry! Henry! Henry! Today I proclaim that a worm has swallowed England! And despite what you have been told It is not of a face, nor spine, nor legs It does not want your jobs, your women, or your cattle sheds The Worm lives deep within yourselves! And you live deep within the Worm! Hatred is the Worm! Envy is the Worm! Ego is the Worm! We'll break God's rib To make a scythe To carve our way out of his cage into the light! And very soon, no crops could grow, nor seeds be sewn And all the while, the acid in the belly rose and rose and rose When you meet the Worm You must kill the Worm We were born deep In the belly Of a great worm Of a worm that swallows worlds! Of a worm with no way out! There's a worm in - everybody And we're living - in the belly Of a worm inside the man! And the man's inside the Worm! Father, are we wretched? Are men no more than just worm gods? Aren't our bodies like theirs - Soft and pink and feeding off the Corpse of the earth? We are Worm God! We are Worm God! Man is Worm God! And if you meet the Worm on the road to the promised land You must kill the Worm We were born deep In the belly Of a great worm Of a worm that swallows worlds! Of a worm with no way out! There's a worm in - everybody And we're living - in the belly Of a worm inside the man! And the man's inside the Worm! I cross my heart and hope to die I tie the rope and hope it works this time It looks just like the worm that's haunted me Through all my life And my life Flashed before my eyes - To simpler times I was just a child I was playing football with my father in the garden I could hear my mother calling us for tea I kicked and then The ground just fell beneath my feet And I saw worms - We were born deep In the belly Of a great worm Of a worm that swallows worlds! Of a worm with no way out! Of a worm called Capital! Kill yourself to Kill the Worm inside you Die a man Or live to see Yourself become a worm god like me!