this world's a battlefield, waiting to explode took one step to the left straying from the road but I can't take this (what I need to see) I can't use this (what is good for me) I can't be the fool you want me to be
slowly creeping through the night whispered voices in the hall alabaster face of misery and wonder singing out hosannas to the wolves inside the wall something borrowed, something blue something screaming in the old abandoned attic room starve a fever, feed a cold no mistaking what is every known is never told
she placed her hand in mine, led me to her door one thousand reasons why I'd not been here before but she can prove this (what I need to see) she confuses (what is good for me) she won't be the fool you want her to be