[Verse 1]

We took a vow in summertime

Now we find ourselves in late December

I believe that New Year's Eve

Will be the perfect time for their great surrender

But they don't remember

[Pre-Chorus]

Anger wants a voice, voices wanna sing

Singers harmonize 'til they can't hear anything

I thought that I was free from all that questionin'

But every time a problem ends, another one begins

[Chorus]

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight

Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh, ooh, ooh

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[Verse 2]

Within the halls of power lies a nervous heart that beats

Like a Young Pretender's

Beneath these velvet gloves I hide

The shameful, crooked hands of a moneylender

'Cause I still remember

[Pre-Chorus]

Anger wants a voice, voices wanna sing

Singers harmonize 'til they can't hear anything

I thought that I was free from all that questionin'

But every time a problem ends, another one begins

[Chorus]

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight

Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh, ooh, ooh

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight

Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh, ooh, ooh

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[Chorus]

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight

Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die