If I could just be nice to you

would you believe it was true

I just can't imagine what you'd say

and if you respect the way I act

then I've got to figure that you're cracked

Either way it's probably neither way



I don't understand I thought you'd never last

and all the questions that I thought you'd never ask

and all my tolerance it disappeared so fast

it's not my fault I'm just a pain in the ass



I wonder if you understand

the truth behind an unkind hand

a blow to let me know I made my point

that my loss for words left unclear

answered strikes a note of fear

appears my visions left you out of joint



another time I kept my cool

lost within a world of fools

remained content in calling you a clown

it's not like we have full control

it's not like we're responsible

and lashing out can only let you down