Played out, wide off the mark


Mania develops


Akin to fiction


More than in a world of fact





My own worst enemy


My own worst enemy


Lifes foul treachery


My own worst enemy





Dams of emotion build


A dull and turbid screen


Cloudlike veils of black


In jungles of hopes oppressed





(repeat chorus)





So many times,


For no reason


So many promised punches


For what reason?





Ceaseless decay


Parallel obscene and flagrant


Ceaseless decay


Restrained my mind coils





So many times,


For no reason


So many promised punches


For what reason?





Ceaseless decay


Parallel obscene and flagrant


Ceaseless decay


Restrained my mind coils





(repeat verses 3 & 4)