this is the way that we go to war. stumbling behind the idiot son. this is what we’ve been doing it for. close our eyes and think of airforce one. this is the way we rule the world. this is the way we win the girl. this is the place and this is the time. and if you’re not with us then you’re left behind. and the idiot son marches on. untroubled by thought or care. his justice rough. his battles won. his perfect head of hair. this is the last great great crusade. for god and uncle sam. and the little folk who ran behind. were heard to protest that they were only listening to the band. and the idiot son marches on. if you went away. you know i would miss. the way you close your eyes just before you kiss. and if i fell apart then i must confess. that if i said something stupid it would sound a bit like this. if you went that way and i went this. you know i couldn’t feel any less. but i could hurt a little more thinking about the stuff that we missed. and if i said something stupid it would sound a bit like this. if you went away you know i would miss the smell of you. you left some tracks. where you walked through. and i keep going down them. if you went away. you know i would miss. the way you close your eyes just before you kiss. and if i fell apart then i must confess. that if i said something stupid it would sound a bit like this. oh you’re not fucking him are you. she plays her pretty little song. turns it off and on. then she just wants to be friends. just because she can. she winds you up real tight. keeps you up at night. won’t let the heartache end. just because she can. she could walk away. she holds the upper hand. you can’t make her stay. she’ll leave you like a man. still you lie there willingly. any fool can see. you’re just watching her pretend. just because she can. she tells you idle lies. she gives no reason why. makes you a jealous man. just because she can. she can make you high. she can make you cry. won’t know which way or when. just because she can. her love is so hard on you. but still you go on. her love is so cold and cruel. but it’s all you’ve ever known.