I'm gonna put you down for a little while And see if I can still breathe But you'll come back with that certain smile When I'm not sure what I believe Oh everyone's a poet on a Friday afternoon And a philosopher on Sunday in the loneliness of their bedroom But you break down the past until you've broken all your years Choosing consistency of bitterness over joys intermittent tears I pity you the things you know that stop you knowing more I've seen your wisdom scratched into a broken toilet door Oh my Father, what have you done Oh my Mother, to everyone Oh my brother, what could it be Oh my sister, what's wrong with me So you don't like the way he makes you feel about yourself You need a lie to guide the way well maybe I could help We could get so low we'd never have to see a star A life's not a long time to be fooled, it doesn't matter who you are Still I'd like to try another way to fall under your rule So hypnotize my faithful eyes and put me back in school I must be close, I feel your throat and I can hear your sound Like a leaf scratching the air on its way down to the ground Oh my Father, what have you done Oh my Mother, to everyone Oh my brother, what could it be Oh my sister, what's wrong with me My lover she is far away my innocence is close It's coming back to see me in the armour of a ghost I need someone beside me as I feel my way through life If I can give a form to you will you please be my wife?