She was dancing she was smiling

Roses blooming in her cheeks

In a quiet kind of litany

She accepted some defeat

And then she twirled into the arms

Of disgrace and then repelled

Now she's fallen to her knees

But you couldn't ever tell

And then she asked me how we got here

I told her I don't know

And if you keep on asking

I'll just keep saying so

This isn't what I wanted

It isn't what you need

But let them keep on talking

Just calm yourself and pay

Don't you pay them any mind

Don't you pay them any mind

You know this happens every time

Now don't you pay them any mind

Let it burn as if we'd bothered

We'll make sound based on their eyes

As she closes just to open

There's some sirens wailing by

And as she's off to tell her secret

To her friends somewhere in town

And her friend just takes a moment

And that's why I'm not around

And then she asked me how we got here

I told her I don't know

And if you keep on asking

I'll just keep saying so

This isn't what I wanted

It isn't what you need

But let them keep on talking

Just calm yourself and pay

Don't you pay them any mind

Don't you pay them any mind

You know this happens every time

Now don't you pay them any mind

And then she asked me how we got here

I told her I don't know

And if you keep on asking

I'll just keep saying so

This isn't what I wanted

It isn't what you need

But let them keep on talking

Just calm yourself and pay

Don't you pay them any mind

Don't you pay them any mind

You know this happens every time

Now don't you pay them any mind