You see it all started out

With the very best of my sincere intentions

So I thought anyway

But that day that we got lost

I could tell she had

Penetrated my defences

But I carried on anyway

And then the moment that we came I could tell we would

Never be the same again

More so anyway

Now feel the burden of my shame

As I try to make some sense out of this brittle life

Oh, anyway



I thought I was strong enough to be everything

You could ever want or need or need of me

Anyway



So then they questioned all my friends

And tooth by tooth they extracted their confessions

So called anyway

Then they read all the books I'd read

And tried to link the authors to my known profession

They failed anyway

But then they put her on the rack

And they broke her perfect back

Into tiny pieces



She never talked anyway

Then they squeezed me till I cracked

And one by one I gave away all her secrets

Forgive me anyway



I thought I was strong enough to be everything

You could ever want or need or need of me

Anyway



And the words that I hear are the lies that you say

I'm not listening to you any more anyway