Rebel
Syd BARRETT (1946-2006)

I can reach you through the wires in my mind
Or through the orange-black portal in my hand
You always talk, yet you always listen
Ain't nothing you can't understand

Sometimes forty years separates us
Other times you're just so very small
Sometimes I can't quite get to you in the best way
Often I can't reach you at all

But rebel, we're moving faster
You're no one's slave and no one's master
You're everyone's rebel, no one knows your name
But I know you too well, and I love you all the same

You can reach through the words in your mind
You can reach through the art in my hand
Forgive and never ask permission
With you, I need no help to stand

So whisper softly into both my ears
And feel free to tell me it's not right
Because it's us the underbelly fears
Because we're selfless martyrs in the City of Night

'Cause rebel, we're moving faster
You're no one's slave and no one's master
You're everyone's rebel, no one knows your name
But I know you too well, and I love you all the same...