I know you think my head's full of ideas But darling will you please lend me your ears I'll lay them out in a song for you Though both of us know they're not really true They're fading like shadows in the cave Fickle like promises i've made Fated never to exist They're the empty dreams of the communist My manifesto's radical i swear Cobblestones will fly through the air I hear you sigh so disingenuously Oh i know what you're thinking sweet marie They're fading like shadows in the cave Fickle like promises i've made Fated never to exist They're the empty dreams of the communist Believe me, now i can take the flak An idealist with a guitar on his back Now i know how pathetic i must seem But listen now, the bell it tolls for thee Now darling, i know you don't give a fuck And i know it's high time that i gave up We thought the old brigades could reunite Not even you and i could get it right We're fading like shadows in the cave Fickle like promises i've made Fated never to exist Like the empty dreams of the communist