When we play by your rules There is no shame in a necessary evil There is no shame in a necessary evil Learn to love, to love the taste the poison Now that I found a hole in the center Wonder how long, how long it's been there Pull gently, let it start to unravel Turncoat at the first sign of the losing battle Evaporate in long lost double meaning Long lost double meaning So single minded Impatient and short sighted Lonely still in a crowd that grew so fast I found my tongue Just to feel these words burn my lips with venom There is no shame in a necessary evil There is no shame There is no shame