You and me were kids I refuse to look back thinking days were better Just because they're younger days I don't know what's 'round the corner Back when we were kids Swore we would never die Yeah, perfect disasters Way I feel right now I swear we'll never

They sat together in the park as the evening sky grew dark She looked at him he felt a spark tingle to his bones It was when he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight And watched out for a simple twist of fate They walked down by the old canal a

Lie down in your bed, your bed of lies Do you ever think of me when you lie? And I knew better than to look in your eyes They only pretend you would be mine You had me caught in every web that you weaved But do you ever think of me when you lie? And oh

It's more than a feeling (more than a feeling) When I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling) And I begin dreaming (more than a feeling) Till I see Marianne walk away I see my Marianne walkin' away I looked out this morning and the sun

When I was little But now I'm bigger I was a player A heart-breaker And all the haters I swear they look so small from up here 'Cause we're bigger, And love's bigger,

Stack dead actors Stacked to the rafters Line up the bastards All I want is the truth Hey hey now, can you fake it? Can you make it look like we want? Hey hey now, can you take it? And we cry when they all die blond? Oh mirror mirror

And though you don't believe that they do They do come true For did my dreams Come true when I looked at you And maybe too, if you would believe You too might be Overjoyed, over love, over me Over time, I've been building My castle of love

Somethin' bout platinum irrefutably Only makes you blonder They just got taller Looks as good on records as it does on me What doesn't kill you My heels and my hotel My disposition permeates The room when I walk in the place

Hoping I don't come around Kick me when I'm on the ground (on the ground) They beat me up and break me down Kick me when I'm on the ground Beat me up and break me down Don't give me no comic book Sad looks no more Please don't use those same Excuses you

Back when I was unafraid Just like a thief When the stars look down on me What do they see So take me back When I believed And all the heights That I could reach If only you