Wake up dreamer It′s happening without you Cut your hair and shave your beard You squandered your chances I′ll give you a thousand pounds To show me how you do it Stop being so laissez-faire We′re all scared of the future
Been training vipers to come for you In your dreams to release you Been training vipers to come for you In your sleep And the ravens are leaving the tower And the ravens are leaving the tower Make your peace
I′ve got a taste for blood Leave the weak, leave the young I′ve got a taste for blood I′m walking out without you You will kill or be killed It′s about progress I′ve got a taste for blood
Wake up sleepyhead It′s happening without you Such a nice guy You tell me everything twice Whipcrack speed jump We will run backwards Stop being so laissez-faire We′re all scared of the future
We make plans for big times Get bogged down, distracted We make plans for good times All neon, all surface So kiss me before it all gets complicated I′ve got a taste for blood
Once upon a time you and I When we were green and easy Fresh as limes and happy as a Sunday sky There was nothing we could sell or buy ′Cause all we really needed Was our barefeet and a pair of wings to fly What do you think darling? Have we lived too much too fast? And have you, have you felt the melancholy, darling, Wishing the time hadn′t passed? Chorus: Can you tell me how it used to be? Have we missed our chance? Have we changed our hopes for fears And our dreams for plans? Can you tell me how it used to be When we really cared? And when love was on our side On our side I remember all the times before When we could spend our living Staring at the ceiling, lying on the floor Our vocabulary wasn′t broad And I spoke so little English That the word "stress" would sound like something odd What do you think darling? Have we lived too much too fast? And have you, have you felt the melancholy, darling, Wishing the time hadn′t passed? Chorus: Can you tell me how it used to be? What is your guess darlin′? have I lived too much too fast? So if you, if you ever come and find me cryin′ Now you know, now you know why Can you tell me how I used to be? Have I missed our chance? Have I changed my hopes for fears And my dreams for plans? Can you tell me how it used to be When we really cared? And when love was on our side On our side
You don′t like it in the shadows but you won′t let me shine a light I would wash away your troubles But it seems The more that I hold on The more that you let go And I know, you better let somebody love you or find yourself, on your own
Tell me why all the best laid plans fall apart in your hands And my good intentions never end, the way I meant
If we don′t talk about the future Then should I just, follow you into the dark Yeah, and does your silence keep you cold While the cracks form on my heart
Tell me why all the best laid plans fall apart in your hands And my good intentions never end, the way I meant
It seems to me some fine friends have watched you turn your back It seems you only want the things that you can′t have.
Tell me why all the best laid plans fall apart in your hands And my good intentions never end, the way I meant