It's not the way the wheel was spun The way Your destiny was sung It's not your fate It's what you took It's what you took It's not the chair that made you fall That knocked Your head against the wall And watched you crawl It's what you took It's what you took You used to need a marquee high The only real way you could fly Was with your name Up in lights Up in lights And when your name slid from the bill You looked For someone to kill And you found you It's what you took It's what you took