He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
I keep going over what I said
how your eyes disguise your mouth
the most incredible blood red
but there's nothing coming out
there's just empty stares instead
and i don't know what it's about
thanks to all your silence..
how'm i gonna know if you want talk to me
how'm i gonna show you what you got if you won't look at me
now i know this ain't what it's suppose to be
how'm i gonna know if you want talk to me...
i used to hang on every word that you never said
but it never occured it was only in my head
the only voice i heard was mine saying everything is fine
it was hypnotizing...
...
IT'S NOT FAIR TO LEAVE ME HERE WHEN I'M THIS WASTED
IT'S NOT FAIR, NO! NO!, I GUESS YOU WERE NEVER THERE
how your eyes disguise your mouth
the most incredible blood red
but there's nothing coming out
there's just empty stares instead
and i don't know what it's about
thanks to all your silence..
how'm i gonna know if you want talk to me
how'm i gonna show you what you got if you won't look at me
now i know this ain't what it's suppose to be
how'm i gonna know if you want talk to me...
i used to hang on every word that you never said
but it never occured it was only in my head
the only voice i heard was mine saying everything is fine
it was hypnotizing...
...
IT'S NOT FAIR TO LEAVE ME HERE WHEN I'M THIS WASTED
IT'S NOT FAIR, NO! NO!, I GUESS YOU WERE NEVER THERE
Lyrics submitted by Littleblackbackpack
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