Diceman

Five foot fifty
Fire and ice
Crystalline of many minds
A diamond with a billion sides
All things, all people, all times

No liberator holds the key
No secret scheme to set you free
No word of man has hold of me

No no, I never cared too much
For that old philosophy and such
Enough's enough, it's all been said
Don't let them fill my head

It's just a roll of the dice
Or a spin of the wheel
Lays waste to all those things you feel
And just one who can see
(Oh I know)
The chance is playing me

It's a trial of the will
All trouble and strife
A Slave to the chance
For the whole of my life
With no idlе thoughts
And no time to rejoice
Whеn you know there's a diceman
There is no choice

Empty faces all around
Some lost and never found
Hell bent on pulling down
Head for the higher ground

Keep your head now
Keep it cool
Let no one play you for a fool
Don't you know the world is cruel
Got to move it on
Yeah, kick that mule

It's crazy if you wait too long now
Where's the point in being wrong now
Turn your head and face the light
There's only being right

It's just a roll of the dice
Or a spin of the wheel
A careless hand that laughs and deals
And for all who believe
(Oh yeah)
Well there's a joker in his sleeve

Yeah that ridiculous faith
That you've studied so hard
It's just a feast for that smiling card

Well no one's watching over you
There's just a diceman
Know what is true
Know what is true

Random whim has no respect
It holds the works
Poised to inject
Then sticks you when you least expect
You'll never know what's coming next

Shaking, shaking up that cup
Praying hard to lady luck
Now if you have to pray at all
Pray those snake eyes never fall

It's just a spin of the wheel
Or a roll of the dice
When chance demands you pay its price
Know that you'll never be
(Oh no)
In possession of that key

As you dance to the beat
Of that old random drum
Like a diceman
Oh just a diceman
Thy will be done