VERSE 1:
what do i get?
(get what you can from it)
what was the use of taking my time?
you’re making me sound upset
(i’m really just out of it)
flashes of happiness…
found at the scene of the crime…
(the victimless crime)
VERSE 2:
you once made me feel nearly worthless
deserving of all of the worst things in life
the type that you read in the papers
that once had some children and the love of a wife
what can change in the heat of a moment?
my moment of passion
i own it
and i’m not letting go
you’re making me feel like a person
who really should know
VERSE 3:
…and here i thought that we had a connection
our moment of passion
it happened
yo, i’m not letting go
but what was i thinking?
hey, wouldn’t you like to know
VERSE 4:
it was then that you changed your direction
abruptly shift course
and i knew that the tide had arrived
those immaculate times when she swallowed my pride
REFRAIN:
well do what thou wilt
but pay what ye owe
yea and you of all people should know
admire from afar
but watch where ye go
yea, you beautiful people should know
figure me out
then leave me alone
yea, you and all your people should know
VERSE 5:
there once was a time you was my universe
committing our passionless crimes
all in the heat of a moment
my moment of passion
i own it and i’m not letting go
you seem like the sort of the person who really should know
VERSE 6:
i played my part to perfection
and i’ll find my way out…
with my universal signs from above
i’m not an impermanent person
still i’ve never been loved
OUTRO VERSE:
cuz my moments of happiness…
are tempered by the notion…
that we’re meaningless motion in time…
it’s a matter of needing a meaning…
all in a matter of moments…
all in the name of forgiveness…
all just serving our purposes…
baby maybe next time…