in your hands there´s a photograph
you look up, she begins to laugh
so cold as she walks away
and you know that it´s time to pay
you´re caught in a web you spun yourself
face to face with your failure this very day
you call out her name you can´t help yourself
but you need love like you need a - kick in the head

you worked hard for the things you own
fancy cars and a country home
gave it all for a glittering prize
to be a face people recognise
on the walls of your home there are works of art
but you stare at the picture - on the floor
the face of a man with an aching heart
it´s no fun to be famous anymore

(you said)
this is a sad day
and i would gladly give it all away
in exchange
for a floating life

shed your tears for a shallow dream
let your cry be a primal scream
a song through the mists of time
a serenade to your concubine
you were wrong to believe she could set you free
you´re trapped by the trappings - of success
and you know the she´ll never let you be
´til the world knows the secrets - you confessed

(you said)
i see her cruel face
my heart is nothing but an empty space
and on this sad day
i would gladly give it all away
in exchange
for a floating life

neither asleep nor awake
losing control you start to shake
as the day begins to break

they´re gonna shoot you down in flames
when that girl starts naming names
there´s nowhere to hide from your shame