You always knew And you knew again Tapping furtive texts at 6am The wartime stratagem I've grown tall on your frail shoulders Brawling in dark corners As I fly, you flail and crawl At my beck and call I miss the smell of leather The chant of the bell The raised and the felled The snap of our tether No, a fight's never fair We're just the clueless cavalry Without the storied glory Of an epic rivalry I always knew You must have known You must have known I always knew You must have known You must have known I always knew You must have known You must have known I always knew You must have known You must have known I gamble spades and hearts Puff my chest like Bonaparte The big payoff of this song and dance Is every chance And so I shimmy shake and shiver Wading through the icy river Yeah it numbs the guilt I always knew You must have known I always knew You must have known You must have known I always knew You must have known You must have known I always knew You must have known You must have known I always knew You must have known I always knew You must have known