I urged to do good, but somehow Motives, action and its consequence Can form absurd chains Can form absurd chains I never fully understood, but somehow Somehow these grew taint Obscured my inner eye Spawned interior lies ♪ The lies turned to truth in my eyes Called upon me to commit these deeds I consider vile As if these hands weren't mine I paused and beheld dead eyes And momentarily I glimpsed My distorted I But this clearness Could I confine my mind To justify my crime? Every trivial move could bind This twisted fate of mine ♪ I tried to do good, but these malevolent fingers These malicious fingers were plotting my doom I turned the deaf ear, but the voices still lingered And thus my new image continued to bloom This devilish contraption's controlling my fingers Towards times of chaos and gloom ♪ I urged to do good, but somehow Motives, action and its consequence Can form absurd chains Can form absurd chains