In a burning building I was bowling over With a head of ashes On a bed of stone Oh, can you hear me now? Oh, don't hurt me now
In the velvet calm Willing, undone I placed my heart on the table When the fire comes Oh, don't hurt me now Oh, don't hurt me now
Have i become Willing, undone? You put the temple Into the ground
Oh, don't hurt me now Oh, don't hurt me now
In the velvet calm, Had I known the hour What I would have done their bidding What would I have done? Had I had a hundred fathers Had I been a king How I would have gone