[Verse 1]
You can fake it for a while
Bite your tongue and smile
Like every mother does her ugly child
But it starts to leaking out
Like spittle from a cloud
Amassed resentment pelting ounce and pound

[Chorus 1]
You entertaining any doubt
Cause you had to know that I was fond of you
Fond of Y-O-U
Though I knew you masked your disdain
I can see the change was just too hard for us
Hard for us
You always had to hold the reins
But where I'm headed, you just don't know the way

[Verse 2]
So, affections fade away
And do adults just learn to play the most ridiculous, repulsive games?
All our favorite ruddy sons and their double-barreled guns
You'd better hurry rabbit, run, run, run
'Cause mincing you is fun
And there's a lot of hungry hatters in this world, set on takin' it over
Like brittle, thorny stems, they break before they bend
And neither one of us is one of them
[Chorus 2]
And the tears will never mend
'Cause you had it in for me so long ago
Boy, I still don't know
I don't know why and I don't care
Well, hardly anymore
If you'd only seen yourself hatin' me
Hatin' me
When I'd been so much more than fair
But then you'd have to lay those feelings bare

[Post-Chorus]
One thing I know has still got you scared
You're all that cold ire and never once aired on a dare

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus 3]
You had to know that I was fond of you
Fond of Y-O-U
So I took your licks at the time (Da da da da dum)
And a change like that is just so hard to do
Hard to do
Don't let it whip-crack your life
And I'll bow out from the fight
[Outro]
Those old pious sisters were right
The worst part is over, now get back on that horse and ride