You say your life is a total waste
You told me on the fire escape
Just before you bummed a cigarette

Well, you’ve always been a high live-wire
Never straight, but so inspired

It kills me when I see you so upset

You’re telling everyone
That I’m the stubborn one
But guess who broke the spell :
Hell is other people
To Hell with other people


Not a word from you in days,
I guess it’s just your ‘faucet‘ ways,
Running hot & cold and back again


But it’s hard to keep an open mind
When you keep changing all the time,
Suddenly ‘receiving’, not ‘to send’


It’s always live & learn
But I’m the one who’s turned
Now guess who broke the spell :
Hell is other people
To Hell with other people


You’re a 5 on Saffir-Simpson’s scale,
Sharper than a broken nail,
I’m glad I’m still alive to tell the tale
Hell is other people
To Hell with other people