Pardon me while I burst Pardon me while I burst A decade ago, I never thought I would be At twenty-three on the verge of spontaneous combustion, woe-is-me But I guess that it comes with the territory An ominous landscape of never-ending calamity I need you to hear, I need you to see That I have had all that I can take and exploding seems like a definite possibility To me So pardon me while I burst into flames I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame Pardon me, pardon me... I'll never be the same Not two days ago, I was having a look In a book and I saw a picture of a guy fried up above his knees I said, I can relate, because lately I've been Thinking of combustication as a welcomed vacation from The burdens of the planet earth Like gravity, hypocrisy, and the perils of being in 3D But thinking so much differently So pardon me while I burst into flames I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same Never be the same, yeah Pardon me while I burst into flames Pardon me, pardon me, pardon me So pardon me while I burst into flames I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same Pardon me, never be the same, yeah