The Anointed One

The anointed one, father's favorite son

Now we see, long before the race, you'd already won

Oh beatified, with the softest eyes

These days I can't escape your face, do you remember mine?

Oh, it haunts me

Oh, what a fool I must have been

We saw red, not green, when we were nineteen

Now something's different, something happened somewhere there between

By the river bend, did I misapprehend

Your sincerity or is it you have changed, friend?

Oh, it haunts me

Oh, how could I not have seen what you'd become?

But you fooled everyone

Lace curtains in our slum

You were the anointed one

Alright!

Watching you grow with the pride of a friend

Kissing off school, there were rules to be bent

Knelt by your side through our crises of faith

Mine was on time but for you it was already too late, too late

In the capitol

With your freezer full

Do you represent your district

Or your daddy's will?

Oh, it haunts me

Oh, how could I not have seen what you'd become?

But you fooled everyone

Lace curtains in our slum

You were the anointed one

What have you become?

But you fooled everyone

Lace curtains in our slum

You were the anointed one