Though I know you say you love me
Though perhaps you think you do
What about when things get ugly
We both know what love can do.
Tell me you're my lost companion
You're the one my lifeline traces
Let me put my trembling hands on
That familiar yet elusive face.

There's a monkey on my shoulder
Black dog dragging my left hand
Find as I grow older
Grown a little wary of the lie of the land

Now the lover of your dreams
Well, I’m not at all like him
I'm just somewhere in between
It's the way of the world.
Way of the world.

With some you make a loose connection
With some you don't connect at all
Some offer complete protection
Security behind a wall
Tell me I’m just stuck in a sad song
Cut my strings from old barbed wire
My happily ever after
What you got to fuel the fire.

 So you want to tour of my defences
Girl, you'll need some nerves of steel
You don't have to beat me senseless
To get at my Achilles heel
Give me another hope to jump through
Tell me what I want to hear
Make me think I’m going to want you
The moment that you disappear