Mess (Live in Boston with Neil Hannon) - Ben Folds

there was a time when I

had nothing to explain

oh, this mess I have made

but then things got complicated

my innocence has all but faded

oh, this mess I have made

and I don't

believe in God

so I can't

be saved

all alone,

as I've learned to be

in this mess

I have made

all the untested virtue

the things I said I'd never do

least of all to you

I know he's kind and true

I know that he is good to you

he'll never care for you more than I do

but I don't (no I don't)

believe in love

so I can't

be tamed (be saved)

all alone,

as I've learned to be

in this mess

I have made

the same mistakes

over and over

again

there are rooms in this house

that I don't open anymore

dusty books and pictures on the floor

that she will never see

she'll never see that part of me

I want to be for her what I

could never be for you

and I don't (no I don't)

believe in God

so I can't

be saved

all alone,

as I've learned to be

in this mess

I have made