You'll only burn me once But you're not the only sun And I could lie awake, searching in my soul In what you said, looking for my role But you always tried to be my thorn You always gave me all your scorn And the more I sympathized The less compassion in your eyes And I could lie awake, and search my soul In what you said, looking for my role But you're shivering Yeah you're the one That's shivering inside, tonight You searched and stole yourself a wage Then you built your gilded cage But you lost all of your wealth When you made a weapon of success Now I have seen the palace that you built Has come down crashing splinters to the floor And only now that you have lost your mind You have come back knocking at my door