This was supposed to be a silly parody like all my silly song parodies, but, probably thanks to some of the things I've read today, things got… different.

This will likely be the only thing that ever shows up in this blog, so make the most of it:

Faulkner Kind of Man

(Sing to Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Simple Man')

My mother told me, when I was two

Do like I say, boy, not like I do

Pay close attention, I've seen it all

Without my wisdom, you're sure to fall

And I'm a Faulkner kind of man

The kind of person no one sane can understand

I find my heart fighting

With my mind

To value mores or love mankind?

Oh son you're going into the world

And there I'm sure that you'll find a girl

For lots of tramps do walk on this earth

Don't place them before who gave you birth

And I'm a Faulkner kind of man

The kind of person no one sane can understand

Take fleeting pleasures, tote long regrets

Pretend to freedom, while my bonds fret

Oh, keep your faith, boy

In God above

Place his rules over

All thoughts of love

Remember this world's
A vale of tears

You're marking time so

Endure your years

And I'm a Faulkner kind of man

The kind of person no one sane can understand

Love where I come from, and hate it, too

Seek for redemption with soul askew

With darkened heart

Walking to and fro

One eye fixed upward

One, down below

I tread the sharpened

Barbed-wire fence

Trying to force life to make some sense

And I'm a Faulkner kind of man

The kind of person no one sane can understand

My better nature

Is all unwound

My childhood lessons

Fury and Sound