It takes you in and tears it all out, it tears it all out 
 But you never know 
 It takes your life, turns you into someone 
 And you know it won't be long 
 Someone you've never known 
    Don't claim that you know me 
 When you know very well 
 That I have seen through it all 
 And don't claim that you know why 
 When you know everything 
 When you've seen things for what they were   
 Yeah   
 Inside you feel it taking over 
 It's taking over 
 When you feel it most 
 It draws you in and tears it away 
 It tears it away 
 Then it leaves you lost   
 Don't claim that you know me 
 When you know very well 
 That I have seen through it all 
 And don't claim that you know why 
 When you know everything 
 When you've seen things for what they were 
 For what they were   
 Oh, oh   
 For what they were   
 Remember the days when our fears had long since died 
 And now how they age us they've taken all our lives, lives   
 It takes you in and tears it all out, it tears it all out 
 But you never know 
 It takes your life, turns you into someone 
 And you know it won't be long 
 Someone you've never known   
 Don't claim that you know me 
 When you know very well 
 That I have seen through it all 
 And don't claim that you know why 
 When you know everything 
 When you've seen things for what they are   
 Sore again is this old wound 
 It overshadows everything 
 And I have seen through it all 
 Ah, ah, yeah 
 All the things I've seen