Versuri As It Is When It Was

  
I've kept my head against the wall 
I've been this way for so long now 
You weren't exactly falling over yourself 
When last I saw you 
Well I always thought 
We'd get along like a house on fire 
Until you told me that I'd have to go 
How can someone like you work that slow 
  
Whatever you think of me 
You listen hard and I will make you see 
Whatever you think of me 
You listen hard and I will make you see 
  
I don't feel anything no more 
This state of grace is consuming me 
I'm not grown up and I am not a boy 
I feel no pain and I feel no joy 
Well I always thought 
We'd get along like a house on fire 
In those days when the sun was warm 
I ran in the street where I was born 
  
Whatever you think of me 
You listen hard and I will make you see 
Whatever you think of me 
You listen hard and I will make you see 
  
The streets are so empty at this time of night 
I'd rather walk on my own than fight 
In a world where I'd forgotten you 
I found myself forgotten, too 
That's the danger of believing books 
And all the lies of those thieves and crooks 
We sing intellectual songs of love 
From a stolen pen to a velvet glove.