Madman

[Verse 1]

Our course is coarsely plotted

On a map of shoddy dreams

But hindsight will reveal

Time's moving faster than it seems

Maybe I'm just selfish

'Cause I've got nothing left to give

I'm still a foolish boy

I've got a lifetime left to live

[pre-Chorus]

I was swinging like a madman

Not quite sure what I'd felled

And I might never understand

Exactly what it was I'd held

Now I watch the sun descending

From the weathered gravel roof

And I recall the sky [this guy?] once told me

That all lies lead to the truth

[Chorus]

So I'll look the other way

And I'll turn a deafened ear

And I'll talk of distant lands

Pretend I was never here

[Verse 2]

Reality beads on my skin

Like a slicker in the rain

But now I feel it's soaking in

And I begin to feel the pain

I fight the urge to run to you

This is how it has to be

We've got to step away

Right now we're just too close to see

[pre-Chorus]

I was swinging like a madman

Not quite sure what I'd felled

And I might never understand

Exactly what it was I'd held

Now I watch the sun descending

From the weathered gravel roof

And I recall the sky [this guy?] once told me

That all lies lead to the truth

[Chorus]

So I'll look the other way

And I'll turn a deafened ear

And I'll talk of distant lands

Pretend I was never here

And I'll look the other way

And I'll turn a deafened ear

And I'll talk of distant lands

Pretend I was never here