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SEE THEIR FACES SO JADED, WITH THE TORTURE THEY HAVE SEEN

I?M SPIRALLING FURTHER & FURTHER, INTO A WORTHLESS HUMAN BEING

MY MOUTH SPITS OUT THIS POISON, THERE?S BILE IN EVERY WORD

 AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF AFFECTION, HOW CAN LOVE BE SO ABSURD

 AND I HOPE, I HOPE YOU SLEEP SAFE IN YOUR SINGLE BED TONIGHT

 I KNOW I?LL BE SOLO IN MY TORTURED HEAD TONIGHT

Chorus

?COS ALL I?VE GOT NOW, IS THE HUMAN WRECKAGE I LEFT BEHIND

 AND WHEN MY TIME?S OUT, HOW WILL I EVER FORGET THIS SIGHT

?COS ALL I?VE GOT NOW, IS THE HUMAN WRECKAGE IN MY MIND

 AND WHEN MY LIFE?S OUT, I?M GONNA? WISH I COULD CHANGE THIS NIGHT

EVERY MINUTE IS LABOURED, EVERY HOUR IS SO OBSCENE

EVEN THE TENDEREST MOMENT CAN TURN INTO THIS SCENE

YET THERE?S LOVE IN THEIR FACES, THEY DON?T KNOW WHAT?S WRONG OR RIGHT

THEIR LOVE IS NON-CONDITIONAL, AS THE SCREAMS CUT THROUGH THE NIGHT

 AND I HOPE, I HOPE YOU SLEEP SAFE IN YOUR PEACEFUL BED TONIGHT

 I KNOW I?LL BE RESTLESS IN MY TORTURED HEAD TONIGHT

REPEAT CHORUS

 AND I HOPE, I HOPE YOU SLEEP SAFE IN YOUR QUIET BED TONIGHT

 I KNOW I?LL BE RESTLESS IN THE CRUEL MORNING LIGHT.

REPEAT CHORUS

(MARX/FISH SWIM NAKED 2002)