Hard times at a gentle pace
 Like stone I am weathered slowly
 Building on my disgrace
 When I know there’s a better way
 I’m falling out of favour
 With every breath I take
 There’s no excuse for bad behaviour
 Somebody’s counting all our mistakes
 
 I fill my head up with pleasant notions
 One day I’ll just walk away
 
 Dark nights and working days
 Like spirits rushing past you 
 Headlong towards the grave
 Searching for a place to rest
 In silence we stand alone
 Until the lessons over
 Many questions come and go
 And still the answers won’t set you free
 
 I fill my head up with pleasant notions
 One day I’ll just walk away
 
 Tell me the truth again
 Then try to stop me laughing
 I’m sure that what you say
 You really believe in
 My world is a perfect gray
 A compromise of standards
 Only conscience remains
 But I won’t let you walk over me
 
 I fill my head up with pleasant notions
 How could I be sure
 I fill my head up with pleasant notions
 One day I’ll just walk away