The song is from the fourth Martin Vengadesan & The Stalemate Factor album The Rook's Siege.

The band features Martin (vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass), Wong Lip Kee (electric guitar), Kumar Karthigesu (sitar) and Ashwin Gobinath (drums/programming). Thanks to Alena Nadia for shooting and editing this video.

The Heretic (lyrics)

Around midnight every third day I can hear the sound
Of the world outside as it spins, coming down,
Every day comes and goes if you want it to or not
I'm just another prisoner that time forgot

I struggle to come to terms with the life I have known
Can't believe the voices I hear when I'm alone
Every day comes and goes if you want it to or not
And you surround yourself with a life that you've bought

Am I a heretic if I do not think like you?
Or just a broken man who knows not what to do?
All trace of this life I guess will soon be gone
No one needs to know that I never belonged

I have ceased to respect the man who walks in my shoes
I can scarcely think of more from you
Even the still picture is never really clear
And your past is a usurper that’s never been here

Am I a heretic if I do not think like you?
Or just a broken man who knows not what to do?
All trace of this life I guess will soon be gone
No one needs to know that I never belonged

Am I a heretic if I do not think like you?
Or just a broken man who knows not what to do?
Am I foolish because I find it hard to start
To run a race when I know not where it ends?

Words & Music by Martin Vengadesan