"Always a riddle in the world", she said Always a riddle inside my head Always a thing of wonder The way we come to be Oh, it's a big old place for me Yeah, it's a big old world indeed Everyone is killing me and everything conspires In dreams, I have watched it spin Seen the violent crack of atoms where all light comes in In dreams, I have lain in sin Just to be the cracked and the cared for ♪ How can I ask, ask for more? ♪ "Always a riddle in the world", she said Always a riddle inside my head Always a thing of wonder The way we come to be Oh, it's a big old place for me Yeah, it's a big old world indeed Kicking my heels and wondering how I've been here so long In dreams, I have watched it spin Seen the violent crack of atoms where all light comes in In dreams, I saw Aesop's kin Just the carcass of a man now alone inside his skin ♪ Where to, where to begin? ♪ I live alone now I live a lonely life without you here And I may be troubled But I'm gracious in defeat And I may be troubled But I'm gracious in defeat