Behind the Shades - Oppenheimer Analysis

I don’t know who works for me

I don’t care who admires me

I don’t want to inspire you

So long as you can’t see me

Behind the shades

The real world fades

Assuming precious things

You believe I’m so precious

Taking the precious

Thing in my life of industry

Behind the shades

The real world fades

In the shell I’ll multiply

Spoilt and sickly power

I’m terrified that I might die

Before I take your world

You told them that I’m lonely

My life a tragedy

You know I’ve got to fade

Behind the shades

Keep me well protected

Don’t let me get infected

Don’t let me hear the one who says

I don’t know who employs me

There’s no one who admires me

I don’t care whose empire it is

I know that I can’t see him

Behind the shades

And he’ll never see me

Or give a damn who I am

Because he’s one in a million

And with a million

Queer familiars

He’s got millions

Behind the shades

And he’ll never see me

Or give a damn who i am

Becsause he’s one in a million

And with a million

We’re familiar

He’s got millions

Behind the shades

Behind the shades

The real world fades

In the shell I’ll multiply

Spoilt and sickly there

I’m terrified by the time I’ll die

Before I take your world

You tell that that I’m lonely

My life a tragedy

You know I’ve got it made

Behind the shades