I knew it from the very start You strolled right in and took my heart Was nothing i could ever do To stop this train of black and blue The time is coming when we'll part Be still my ever beaten heart Oh oh oh Be still my ever beaten heart Oh oh oh I knew I had to let you in A balladeer out on a limb A one hit wonder has been A rock n roller with thin skin Afraid to finish what he starts Be still my ever beaten heart Oh oh oh Be still my ever beaten heart Oh oh oh Easier to fake it Harder to lay your sword down Harder to make it Easier is lost than found Tethered to the other Tethered to the underground And now that everybody knows The emperor he wears no clothes Another tortured restless soul A fateful choice made long ago The time is coming, so let's stop Be still my ever beaten heart Oh oh oh Be still my ever beaten heart Oh oh oh Be still my ever beaten heart Oh oh oh My ever beaten heart Oh oh oh