Well look at you,

Hands full of money you always wanted to have

Saying sweet life is a downright drag

Down to the very last seed in the bag

As if it's never gonna end

And the scene is through

Summer slipped under in this neighborhood

I'd like to hold onto you if I could

But now I'm gonna have to let you go for good

My disenchanted friend



They say that character you play is rising fast

So you get drunk, make a half second jump

And experience it as the past

But this is it, the closer you get

The deeper you go, the tighter the net looks to me



Do you enjoy the view

They say it makes you dizzy your first time up there

Till you get used to breathing rarefied air

Auditioning for the part of Mr. Despair

Well I know him personally

And this hotel's a zoo

You gotta be some creature to get a room in here

You can live like a king on a throne of tears

It's a mighty long way from the innocent years

And it waits inevitably

(Chorus)



And I'm asking you

If you think that success is its own reward

Now then go and see what your persistence has scored

The voice is a'calling and it can't be ignored

You might be underground but you're overinsured

You used to be unknown now you're mapped and explored

You like to be untouched now you're handled and pawed

And it's never gonna end

(Chorus)