[00:00.065]Written by Lou Reed
[00:38.308]I see the sword of Damocles is right above your head
[00:46.197]They're trying a new treatment to get you out of bed
[00:53.877]But radiation kills both bad and good
[00:56.411]It can not differentiate
[01:02.263]So to cure you they must kill you
[01:04.379]The sword of Damocles hangs above your head
[01:26.295]Now I have seen lots of peoples die
[01:27.993]From car crashes or drugs
[01:34.289]Last night on 33rd street, I saw a kid get hit by a bus
[01:41.864]But this drawn out torture over which part of you lives
[01:44.085]Is very hard to take
[01:50.459]To cure you, they must kill you
[01:52.340]The sword of Damocles above your head
[02:13.786]That mix of ******** and Dexedrine
[02:16.320]We use it on the street
[02:21.806]It kills the pain and keeps you up
[02:24.287]Your very soul to keep
[02:29.904]But this guessing game has its own rules
[02:32.359]The good don't always win
[02:38.315]And might makes right
[02:39.804]The sword of Damocles
[02:41.502]Is hanging above your head
[02:45.812]It seems everything's done that must be done
[02:48.163]From over here, though things don't seem fair
[02:53.858]But there are things that we can't know
[02:55.791]Maybe there's something over there
[03:01.747]Some other world that we don't know about
[03:04.333]I know you hate that mystic ****
[03:09.766]It's just another way of seeing
[03:12.666]The sword of Damocles above your head