[Verse 1]

You are no ordinary girl that I know

Sat in your party dress you play with clever conversation

And if I bend to you

Oh, will you bend to me?

[Verse 2]

You show your bruises as you sit there on the stairs

And when you smile at me, you show me what I mustn't think of

And if you bend to me

Oh, will I bend to you?

[Chorus]

Aha, ah, a manipulation!

Aha, I'm well on the way

And we'll follow you to the bad place

And we're all just like pebbles in your way

[Verse 3]

I am forever leaving clues there on the page

You call me "honey" but I know you can't yet understand it

And if I bend to you

Oh, will you bend to me?

[Chorus]

Aha, ah, a manipulation!

Aha, I'm well on the way

And we'll follow you to the bad place

And we're all just like pebbles in your way

We're all just like pebbles in your way