FILK: Behind Red Eyes

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No: HPFGUIDX 93763

Continuing to mine the collected works of Pete Townshend...

Behind Red Eyes (adapted from Behind Blue Eyes, off Who's Next)
(Lament sung by Harry sometime late in OOTP)

I have seen what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the mad man
Behind red eyes

I have sensed what it's like
When he's angry
at the failings
of his dark allies

And my dreams
They aren't as empty
As I wish that they could be

I've spent hours, in a long hallway
with a locked door
beckoning me

No one knows what it's like
To feel his feelings
Like I do
What must I do?

No one else knows his joy
Or his anger
Most of my schoolmates
Don't think it's true.

But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As I wish that they could be

I've heard Rookwood telling secrets
to further vengeance
that's aimed at me.

When my scar hurts me, don't tell Sirius
'cause he might panic and lose his cool
If I tell Ron or Hermione
They may just shrug and I'll feel like a fool.

Sometimes I feel I'm possessed by evil
I see the Headmaster as though I am a snake
If our eyes meet, I feel I should strike him
Though he's the last person that I should hate

I have seen what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the mad man
Behind red eyes