Another Step

Thought these streets always looked so empty

Paved with wet stones and oil

Flash of turn back to the gutter

Brief encounters all end with a slam

Then a presence stirs around me

I around and there's you

Seeking confrontation and contact

Filling the void with human touch

You feel the rush

Just like a crush

Take another step towards the light

You say you can be trusted

But something doesn't feel just right

Take another step no I won't bite

I'm all alone out walking

There is no one else in sight

Take another step

Take another step

Take another step, are you allright

Question answered without a word

What's wrong with you ain't physical

In a second arm twisted behind me

And my face pressed against the wall

Whispers ask for my belongings

Cellphone, wallet and the ring

There is nothing that I can't give you

There is nothing I cannot give

If you let me live

If you let me live

Take another look into my eye

You're stealing everything

But cannot ever take my pride

Take another coin, see if I care

Raping every pocket

But my integrity's not there

Take another thing

Take another ring

Take another swing

I won't fight back

Take another step, let's not deny

Strauss was on to something

And then Nietzsche got it right

Take another step, another crime

A small one for you maybe

But a giant for mankind

It's another step

It's another step

It's another step back for humankind