Interpret:

Terence Trent D’arby

Album:

Neither Fish Nor Flesh

As I hold my head down 
Against a whipping hard rain babe 
Slaps me like a sheet
Sheets of rain coming down 
As I dig my heels deep 
In a minefield of muddy water 
I hear a voice loud and low 
Stays with me wherever I go sayin'


You will pay tomorrow for what 
You do today 
Accept this as a truth 
For old as well as youth 
You will pay tomorrow for what 
You do today 
As sure as you are born 
Though you may be weak and torn


As a snake pulls up beside me 
Thinking that my name is Eve 
My dark side starts to chide me 
But I bring him down to his knees 
As I close my eyes tight 
Deep in meditation 
Peaceful sleep evades me 
But a low pitched drone invades me sayin'


You will pay tomorrow for what 
You do today
Though you run you cannot hide 
It's a truth that shall abide sayin' 
You will pay tomorrow for what
You do today It will find you in the morning A heartache for your warning


As I shake my head twice 
Saying I'd rather fight than switch 
I was land rich but penny poor 
But I couldn't tell which from which 
As my kneecaps break the fall 
Of my begging for grace and favour 
Bell, book and candle holds me 
But a spellbinding whisper scolds me saying


You will pay tomorrow for what 
You do today 
Though your vision may be bleary 
And your eyes that see may be weary, but 
You will pay tomorrow for what 
You do today 
On your mind it will wear 
Ignore it if you dare


As I shed my second skin
 Beneath a bullet box roller-coaster 
I view my transformation 
Through the veil of a jokester 
As I gain my second sight 
I shed a tear and I shake the crowd 
I used to rather be dead than humble 
But now I'd rather be dead than proud


You will pay tomorrow for what
You do today 
After deep time tossed confusion 
I came to my own conclusion that 
You will pay tomorrow for what 
You do today 
Accept this as a notion 
As fish breathe in the dirty ocean