Not with all the good girl- and boy-friends watching you. You mustn’t show weakness. There’s a veil now descending and it’s covering over my face. In the night there’s a light in the sky that I can’t reach out and touch no matter how much I try and I mustn’t show weakness and I mustn’t look ill.
The new world is flawless. You’ve got to have good skin. You’ve got to have it together whatever the weather, whatever secret storm you are born and living in. My pet. Don’t let the see your weakness, though the ways of the world wear you thin. Week in, weak out, it’s weapons over welfare. It’s “That’s the way it’s bound to stay for that’s the way it’s been.” My pet. Just don’t get all excited. Stay strong. It’s a long way down.
The new world is flawless. You’ve got to have good skin. You’ve got to have it together whatever the weather, whatever secret storm you are born and living in. My pet. Don’t let the see your weakness, though the ways of the world wear you thin. Week in, weak out, it’s weapons over welfare. It’s “That’s the way it’s bound to stay for that’s the way it’s been.” My pet. Just don’t get all excited. Stay strong. It’s a long way down.