Okay so I was wrong aboutMy reasons for us fallin' outOf love I want to fall back inMy life is different now I swearI know now what it means to careAbout somebody other than myselfI know the things I said to youThey were untender and untrueI'd like to see those things undoSo if you could find it in your heartTo give a man a second startI promise things won't end the sameShame, boatloads of shameDay after day, more of the sameBlame, please lift it offPlease take it off, please make it stopOkay so I have read the mailThe stories people often tellAbout us that we never knewBut their existence will float awayAnd just like every word they sayAnd we will hold hands as they fadeShame, boatloads of shameDay after day, more of the sameBlame, please lift it offPlease take it off, please make it stopI felt so sure of everythingMy love to you so well receivedAnd I just strutted around your townKnowing I didn't let you downThe truth be known, the truth be toldMy heart was always fairly coldPosing to be as warm as yoursMy way of getting in your worldBut now I'm out and I've had timeTo look around and thinkAnd sink into another worldThat's filled with guilt and overwhelmingShame, boatloads of shameDay after day, more of the sameBlame, please lift it offPlease take it off, please make it stopAnd everyone they have a heartAnd when they break and fall apartAnd need somebody's helping handI used to say just let 'em fallIt wouldn't bother me at allI couldn't help them now I can
