Blind these eyes who never tried To lose temptation I'm so scared, where's the hesitation? You so easily proved that you could save a man I am that man It's better off this way To be deaf, dumb and lame Than to be the way I am, I am It's better off this way Than be groping for the flame Than to be the way I am, I am Still this tongue for I am hung By this wicked notion Tame the beast, release The noose I've woven O, wasted tears dripping from my tongue Well, I'm hung, hung It's better off this way To be deaf, dumb and lame Than to be the way I am, I am It's better off this way Than be groping for the flame Than to be the way I am, I am Crooked path you never asked You just left me there And I deal with the aftermath And you don't even care O, crooked feet you nimbly meet The place of my fears It's better off this way To be deaf, dumb and lame Than to be the way I am, I am It's better off this way Than be groping for the flame Than to be the way I am, I am It's better off this way To be deaf, dumb and lame Than to be the way I am, I am It's better off this way Than be groping for the flame Than to be the way I am, I am