Now pull yourself together Pour a drink, light a cigarette And tell me about the weather And how the sky turns violet Every time you collide And how it all gets messed up Every time you alight Before the suns comes up at you Like a forbidden light I have a lame excuses Undignified They will do the job for you This is the greatest trick of the century And it runs, runs, runs like a clockwork Why do you whisper? Why don't you scream at me? What a real-fake life we won't be sharing I store you in the gift box I take you out on a weary day We're going deaf when fear talks We overrule our deity Every time you collide We radiate the brightness Every time you alight From the amazing fallacy Like a forbidden light Behind our sweat-soaked faces Undignified But who on earth needs dignity? This is the greatest trick of the century And it runs, runs, runs like a clockwork Why do you whisper? Why don't you scream at me? What a real-fake life we won't be sharing Every time you collide Every time you alight Like a forbidden light Undignified This is the greatest trick of the century And it runs, runs, runs like a clockwork Why do you whisper? Why don't you scream at me? What a real-fake life we won't be sharing