Come little boy, this a war, it's you versus the world You'll battle with pencils and papers and words You'll sing about how love comes first, second and third And people will feel so alive that it hurts
And when pretty young girls stand in line for the show There's that serpentlike temptress in the back of the row She makes the blood flow through your heroin veins But save all your heartache and pain for the grave
(Chorus) When these glorious days have all come to an end You'll welcome death as a friend (Welcome death as a friend) And when no one remains to remember then We will all be together again (Again) But this is just where it begins
Come little girl, this is a dark unforgiving world Your mind is your cage, o, you beautiful bird You'll sing about how misery and emptiness burns And one young boy'll be touched by every word
He secretly writes you a song so sincere Heartfelt and true, for the whole world to hear When the stage lights up, the show starts In the back you are there And the moment he sings you forget all your fears
(Chorus)
We're told that love is only a game Where the second prize is a broken heart But you poor fool, in games there are rules Love is war, love this war