you see it all started out 
with the very best of my sincere intentions 
so i thought anyway 
but that day that we got lost 
i could tell she had 
penetrated my defences 
but i carried on anyway 
and then the moment that we came i could tell we would 
never be the same again 
more so anyway 
now feel the burden of my shame 
as i try to make some sense out of this brittle life 
oh anyway 

i thought i was strong enough to be everything 
you could ever want or need or need of me 
anyway 

so then they questioned all my friends 
and tooth by tooth they extracted their confessions 
so called anyway 
then they read all the books i?d read 
and tried to link the authors to my known profession 
they failed anyway 
but then they put her on the rack 
and they broke her perfect back 
into tiny pieces 

she never talked anyway 
then they squeezed me till i cracked 
and one by one i gave away all her secrets 
forgive me anyway 

i thought i was strong enough to be everything 
you could ever want or need or need of me 
anyway 

and the words that i hear are the lies that you say 
i'm not listening to you any more anyway