there was a time when i had nothing to explain

oh, this mess i have made

but then things got complicated

my innocence has all but faded

oh, this mess i have made



and i don't believe in god

so i can't be saved

all alone as i've learned to be

in this mess i have made



all the untested virtue

the things i said i'd never do

least of all to you

i know he's kind and true

i know that he is good to you

he'll never care for you more than i do



but i don't believe in love

and i can't be changed

all alone as i've learned to be

in this mess

i have made the same mistakes

over and over again



there are rooms in this house that i don't open anymore

dusty books of pictures on the floor

that she will never see

she'll never see that part of me

i want to be for her

what i could never be for you



but i don't believe in god

so i can't be saved

all alone as i've learned to be

in this mess i have made