Grasping for Oblivion Songtext
von Billy Squier

Cézanne the unloved prophet found a dignity
A grace in everyone
He packed his reverence and his paints and went
Where no one else had gone
Such a lone strong man was he
A solitary vision
Dying to break free

And I hear the voices when you call
See the hero when you fall
You′re the reason why I can't get on, yeah
You′re the reason why I run
You're the reason why I come
I will be forever grasping your oblivion


Picasso in his world ruled over everything
There was no other way
How else could he face the dawns of history
And brush them all away?
Such a potent man was he
Scandalized by nothing
Perhaps what only he could see

But I hear the voices when you call
See the hero when you fall
You're the reason why I can′t get on
You′re the reason why I run
You're the reason why I come
I will be forever grasping your oblivion

A man is just a man until he finds himself
As part of something more
And even then he stops to ask himself
What it is he came here for
Such a wandering soul as me
Sure of barely nothing
Except for my uncertainty

But I hear the voices when you call
See the hero when you fall
You′re the reason why I can't get on
You′re the reason why I run
You're the reason why I come


Yes you are
Oh, hear the voices when you call
See the hero when you fall
You′re the reason why I can't get on
You're the reason why I run
You′re the reason why I come
I will be forever grasping your oblivion