Mama told me You don't need it all A few small things Someone to love Daddy told me Gotta keep it simple A little piece of something Is a lot more than nothing But I was young Too young to know That this is how The story goes Now that I've lived through A thousand lives or more Been hopeless and broken And still come up for more Constantly on the edge of Losing control So I wait on the sidelines For my curtain call And l take centre stage In this masquerade Autumn's fallen And winter unfolds Life keeps on changing And with it we go Time will take you To the end of the world And back again Till the lesson you learn But I was young Too young to know This is how The story goes Now that I've lived through A thousand lives or more Been hopeless and broken And still come up for more Constantly on the edge of Losing control So I wait on the sidelines For my curtain call And l take centre stage In this masquerade