A cripple walks amongst you, all you tired human beings
He's got all the things a cripple has not, two working arms and legs
And vital parts fall from his system and dissolve in Scottish rain
Vitally, he doesn't miss them, he's too fucked up to care
Is that you in front of me?
Coming back for even more of exactly the same
You must be a masochist
To love a modern leper on his last leg, on his last leg
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I crippled your heart a hundred times and still can't work out why
You see, I've got this disease, I can't shake and I'm just rattling through life
Well, this is how we do things now, yeah, this is how the modern stay scared
So, I cut out all the good stuff, yeah, I cut off my foot to spite my leg
Is that you in front of me?
Coming back for even more of exactly the same
You must be a masochist
To love a modern leper on his last leg
Well, I am ill but I'm not dead and I don't know which of those I prefer
Because that limb which I have lost, it was the only thing holding me up, holding me up
Well, I'm lying on the ground now and you're walking through the only door
Well, I have lost my eyesight like I said I would, but I still know
Oh that is you in front of me
And you are back for even more of exactly the same
Well, are you a masochist?
To love a modern leper on his last leg
And you're not ill and I'm not dead
Doesn't that make us the perfect pair?
Just you and me, we'll start again
And you can tell me all about what you did today
What you did today