You'll never have to hear the word no
If you keep all your friends on the payroll
The non disclosure pages signed
Your secret's safe between those lines
The scaffolding will cheer and console you
But remember what your mother told you
That good help is so hard to find
For people that are so refined
You're trying to turn into the skid
In this never ending grid
There's a long, slow fade
To a darkened stage
And I hear you say
Only a fool gives it away
Only a fool would give
Only a fool gives it away
You said you wanna stake out your claim
High above the city from where you came
Don't you know the air's so thin
It starves the brain of oxygen
I know it's such a dangerous place
For there are more ascensions than there is space
Angels causing accidents
The camera phones'll document
But if I start to levitate
Pull me down with all your weight
There's a long, slow fade
To a darkened stage
And I hear you say
Only a fool gives it away
Only a fool would give
Only a fool gives it away
You're trying to turn into the skid
In this never ending grid
But you should know it's not ideal
All those hands upon the wheel
There's a long, slow fade
To a darkened stage
And I hear you say
Only a fool gives it away
There's a long, slow fade
To a darkened stage
And I hear you say
Only a fool gives it away
Only a fool would give
Only a fool would give
Only a fool gives this away