Always a riddle in the world she said Always a riddle inside my head Always a thing of wonder the way we come to be Oh it's a big old place for me, yeah it's a big old world indeed Everyone is killing me and everything conspires In dreams I have watched it spin Seen a violent crack of atoms where all light comes in In dreams I have lain in sin just to be the cracked and the cared for How can I ask, ask for more? Always a riddle in the world she says Always a riddle inside my head Always a thing of wonder the way we come to be Oh it's a big old place for me, yeah it's a big old world indeed Kicking my heels and wondering how I've been here so long In dreams I have watched it spin See a violent crack of atoms where all light comes in Mhh in dreams I saw Aesop's kin Just a carcass of a man, all alone inside his skin Where to, where to begin? I live alone now I live alone in life without you here I may be troubled but I'm gracious in defeat Oh I may be troubled but I'm gracious in defeat