V1 
When my confidence grows dull 
And the sentences you've scribbled 
On the plaster of my skull 
Crack and groan 
Through the alleyways and passages 
That tunnel through my soul 
The alleyways and passages 
That tunnel through my soul 
V2 
And when the siren sings her spell 
By whisperings of discord 
I have been compelled 
To know her well 
Means calamity and consequence 
These have I travailed 
Calamity and consequence 
These have I travailed 
CH 
I have peered at the hesitance that roars 
Seated here with my back against the door 
I've been detained for years by the coward I ignored 
Oooooooh 
V3 
When the eloquence falls dumb 
A broken voice in bandages 
Of stutters that become 
Frail and so numb 
The silhouettes and shatterings 
Which I must overcome 
The silhouettes and shatterings 
Which I must overcome 
CH 
I have peered at the hesitance that roars 
Seated here with my back against the door 
I've been detained for years by the coward I ignored 
Oooooooh (2x)