[Verse 1]

Lady future's arms are lily white

Outstretched before you come inside

There's room enough, she's generous

Come on, come up, while we're still young

[Pre-Chorus]

You want to love your life from a prison?

Of all this uninvited altruism and

The homemade weapons that you're fashioning are

Hellbent on doing us both in so

[Chorus]

You never mean what you say

Why don't you say what you mean?

I never get anywhere

I get the space in between

Beautifully mutilated

Instantly antiquated

I will admit I almost always underestimate it

You better mean what you say

Why don't you say what you mean?

I never get anywhere

I get the space in between

Beautifully mutilated

Instantly antiquated

I will admit I almost always underestimate it

[Verse 2]

Let's begin at the beginning

Let us revisit the past

Like when the house lights are dimming

Like silver screen photograph

It makes a beautiful sound

When nobody else is around

It has a wonderful way

Of eating up entire days

[Pre-Chorus]

We'll go swimming in libations

Forgive unexplained lacerations

The otherworldly manifestations

I only live in the breath you're wasting

[Chorus]

You never mean what you say

Why don't you say what you mean?

I never get anywhere

I get the space in between

Beautifully mutilated

Instantly antiquated

I will admit I almost always underestimate it

You never mean what you say (Here we go)

Why don't you say what you mean? (Over)

I never get anywhere (Again)

I get the space in between (Let's wash)

Beautifully mutilated (Our hands)

Instantly antiquated (Of everything)

I will admit I almost always underestimate it

[Bridge]

You don't owe them anything

No, you don't owe them anything

No, you don't owe them anything

[Chorus]

You never mean what you say

Why don't you say what you mean?

I never get anywhere

I get the space in between

Beautifully mutilated

Instantly antiquated

I will admit I almost always underestimate it

You never mean what you say (Here we go)

Why don't you say what you mean? (Over)

I never get anywhere (Again)

I get the space in between (Let's wash)

Beautifully mutilated (Our hands)

Instantly antiquated (Of everything)

I will admit I almost always underestimate it