I was choking on a cornflake
You said, "Have some toast instead"
I was sleeping maybe three hours
You said, "You should get to bed"
I was waiting at the church door

For the minister to show
I was looking at the New Year
You said, "Walk before you crawl"
I was feeling like a loser
You said, "Hey, you´ve still got me"
I was feeling pretty lonely
You said, "You wanted to be free"
I was looking for a good time
You said, "Let the good times start"
With a quiver of your eyelid
You took on someone else´s part
But what about me
I don´t really see
How things will improve
All you want is to stay
Maybe I´m a little greedy
You said, "Think before you speak"
Sometimes I´m a little seedy

You said, "Everyone is weak"
Now I feel a little better
Is there something I can do?
But I never heard the answer
I never had a clue
But what about me
I don´t really see
How things will improve
All you want is to stay
The lights are out in the house tonight
And I creep around
I´m gonna creep into your head
All you want is to stay loose
There´s a little echo calling
Like a miner trapped inside
If I tell her of this moment
She will in me doubt confide
And she´s on me like a blanket

Like a stalk of wilting grass
I´m not sure about her motives
I´m not sure about her past
But my faith is like a bullet
My belief is like a bolt
The only thing that lets me sleep at night
A little carriage of the soul
If it starts a little bleaker
Then the year may yet be gold
Happiness is not for keeping
Happiness is not my goal
So what about me
I don´t really see
How things will improve
All you want is to stay loose
Oh what about them
You play mother hen
To a gaggle of gangling youth

All you want is to stay
The lights are out in the house tonight
And I creep around
I´m gonna creep into your head
All you want is to stay
I was living through the seconds
My composure was a mess
I was miles from tenderness
It was dark outside, the day it was broken in pieces
Everything is flat and dreary
I couldn´t care what´s in the news
Television is the blues
Television is hysterical laughter of people
And I know it could be me
I´m always asking for more
More, more, more, more
I keep running round in circles

I keep looking for a doorway
I´m going to need two lives
To follow the paths I´ve been taking