It is time to make life real.

Fit the meaning to the sound.

Strip the velvet from the steel:

You will need to know the score

If you plan to stick around:

I won't show you to the door

'Til you start to bring me down.

This is not the time to joke.

Now we play the game for keeps,

While the past goes up in smoke

And the darkened city sleeps.

We must sail within the flow

Or we're bound to sink and drown,

But you'll never have to go

'Til you start to bring me down.

Can't you see? Oh, can't you see?

It was you who broke your heart. It wasn't me.

You're bound upon the Wheel of Change.

No wonder life seems cruel and strange.

Listen to me, darling.

I am speaking from my heart.

I'm not about to blame you

'Cause you finish what you start.

I'm not about to shove you

Down a path of my design.

I'm only here to love you.

Does that seem so out of line?

Do not ask me what I mean.

It is only what I said.

I'm not here to make the scene.

I'm not messing with your head.

If I love the way you smile,

Must I love the way you frown?

You can hold me with your style

'Til you start to bring me down.

Can't you see? Oh, can't you see?

It was you who broke your heart. It wasn't me.

You're bound upon the Wheel of Change.

No wonder life seems cruel and strange.