I'm sitting here lost in a tangle of solipsistic creations
while trying to relive some of my former reincarnations
the mirror just reflects distorted pictures of my considerations
I feel down and see no way how I could reach higher elevations
I lost my ground when I took to indulging in my own frustrations
now I search for a secret door to escape my limitations

maybe the causes that lie behind my current situation
could be found at some early stage of my socialisation
trying to explain I usually are met with sheer consternation
but then maybe that there is no accepted explanation
I lost my ground when I took to indulging in my own frustration
now I search for a secret door to escape my limitation

help me find the secret door
help me find its key
help my soul that has gone sore
help me to come free

when you left I felt something you might call a sense of liberation
but after weeks and months had passed I made a disturbing observation
I wasted time with heavy drinking, brooding, and procrastination
sitting here and feeling lonesome is an inauspicious constellation
I lost my ground when I took to indulging in my own frustration
now I search for a secret door to escape my limitation

help me find the secret door
help me find its key
help my soul that has gone sore
help me to come free

did I have to lose you
to realise how much you meant to me?
do I have to get blind
before I can begin to learn to see?

help me find the secret door
help me find its key
help my soul that has gone sore
help me to come free

tires screeched, I heard a bang and some crunching noise
somebody screamed, then there was a timid, whining voice
it just happens, just like that, someone may be blamed
you can reason, you can argue, the result's the same

in the wink of an eye
with no reason why
a life has faded
into a sigh
in the wink of an eye

the sea was roaring and the surf was pounding violently
a boat was missing somewhere out there in the open sea
it just happens, just like that, someone may be blamed
you can reason, you can argue, the result's the same

in the wink of an eye
with no reason why
a life has faded
into a sigh
in the wink of an eye

one blow
one stroke
just some minor lapse
one blow
one stroke
make a world collapse

it just happens, just like that, someone may be blamed
you can reason, you can argue, the result's the same

in the wink of an eye
with no reason why
a life has faded
into a sigh
in the wink of an eye

the boy is longing desperatley for another high
he doesn't know how he can make it yet another night
a million nasty, tiny bugs crawl under his skin
will he be able to go hustling in the state he's in

he's scratched himself because his body's itching everywhere
his skin is torn, and bruised, and bleeding - it's so hard to bear
he knows that he is slowly losing touch with reality
he needs another shot quite soon to keep his sanity

he's cracked
this boy is cracked
he won't get back on track
this boy is cracked

since what feels like a week he hasn't slept a wink
he has a hazy notion that his life is on the brink
there's someone there on his heels or maybe he's insane
yet no-one there who he could turn to who would end his pain

he's cracked
this boy is cracked
he won't get back on track
this boy is cracked

once he left his home to make his luck
once he was a young man full of hope
pursuing his dream of making a quick buck
now he has sold his future for some dope

he's cracked
this boy is cracked
he won't get back on track
this boy is cracked

the bread is stale, the butter smelly, my stomach would revolt
I am worried that yet again my car could strike or bolt
the phone is ringing, the coffee cold, time is running low
I grab my coat, I slam the door, still I will be too slow

my office lies in ruins just as I left it yesterday
the boss wants to see me - I am right on my way
knowing I have failed again I expect nothing good
he is at a loss of words - I said I've understood

so it comes as expected
now I have hit the wall
feeling tired and dejected
I put up with my fall

nothing left to do
but take it lying down
waiting for the moment
that you'll finally drown

my wife left me the other day as I had feared she would
I'd been tense and I'd been tetchy, I had been no good
she said I need not bother, she would stay with her mom
although I'd seen it coming it hit me like a bomb

so it comes as expected
now I have hit the wall
feeling tired and dejected
I put up with my fall

nothing left to do
but take it lying down
waiting for the moment
that you'll finally drown