Athena, I had no idea how much I'd need her
In peaceful times I hold her close and I feed her
My heart starts palpitating when I think my guess was wrong
But I think I'll get along
She's just a girl--she's a bomb

Athena, all I ever want to do is please her
My life has been so settled and she's the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I think I'll get along
She's just a girl--she's a bomb

Just a girl, just a girl
Just a girl, just a girl
Just a girl, just a girl
She's just a girl

Athena, my heart felt like a shattered glass in an acid bath
I fet like one of those flattened ants on a crazy path
I'd of topped myself to give her time she didn't need to ask
Was I a suicidal psychopath?
She's just a girl--she's a bomb

Consumed, there was a beautiful white horse I saw in a dream stage
He had a snake the size of a sewer pipe living in his rib-cage
I felt like a pickled priest who was being flambéd
You were requisitioned blondie
She's just a girl--she's a bomb

I'm happy, I'm ecstatic
Just a girl, just a girl
etc.

Look into the face of a child
Measure how long you smiled
Before the memory claimed
How long would children remain
How long would children remain

Athena, you picked me up by my lapels and screamed "leave her"
It felt like waking up in heaven on an empty meter
And now you're stuck with a castrated leader
And I hate the creep, I didn't mean that
She's a bomb
I just said it
She's a bomb
I didn't mean it, please.
She's a bomb

Athena, I had no idea how much I need her
My life has been so settled and she's the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I get along
She's just a girl--she's a bomb
She's just a girl--she's a bomb.

Up here on the ledge
I'm gettin' pushed to the edge.
People line up behind me to step into my shoes.
Up here on the precipice,
I'm gettin' close to my nemesis.
People fighting each other to jump into my blues.

There's a young kid inside me somewhere.
He stays up all night, a vampire that never dies,
With the blood and the moon in his eyes.
I hear his voice when I' comin' down.
Sleep is for fools, who never see the sunrise.
Who never get to live twice.

I was a face in a magazine,
When you were still playin' with your plasticine.
Now you're doggin' my tail, riding the slipstream.
You can take the fans and the enemies
The little girls who squeeze and tease.
Then pass on their social disease.
Go get your penicillin.

I know you, young and dumb
I know where you're comin' from,
Don't know where you're goin' to
But I been there same as you
You're running out of ideas
And new hats to try on.
I know you, middle age
Same song, different page.
I know what you're going through
Made the same mistakes as you.
All you want is some hope
And a shoulder to cry on.

There's a stranger inside me somewhere,
That shadow behind me, don't even look like me.
An echoed apology.
He's a wolf in a sheep's disguise.
I wake up in places I don't even recognize.
Pretender in paradise.

It's your turn, step up and take it.
If you've got the guts to hang on
You can make it.
C'mon, c'mon, come on.
Oooh, take it!

People are suffering
I'll say it again
People are suffering
I'll say it again
People are suffering
I'll say it again
So remember when you're looking for trouble
That trouble is already busy with weaker men.

People are hungry
I'll say it again
People are hungry
I'll say it again
People are hungry
I'll say it again
So don't you abuse that body
It'll snap without assistance my friends.

The song goes on
I'll sing again until the music enervates
The song goes on
The sting of pain will dull and finally fade away
The song goes on
Through centuries of history it reverberates
The song goes on
On cuving comet tracks the music makes its way
This song
Is so long
It ends up where it begins

People are lonely
I'll say it again
People are lonely
I'll say it again
People are lonely
I'll say it again
So don't let them run too far from home
You'll be alone for sure
On that you can depend.

People are bleeding
I'll say it again
People are bleeding
I'll say it again
People are bleeding
I'll say it again
So put away the switchblade knife
Tighten up the knot
That'll help this bloodshed end.

The song goes on--the song goes on
This song
Is so long
It ends up where it begins

People are suffering
I'll say it again and again and again
People are hungry
I'll say it again and again and again
People are lonely
I'll say it again and again and again...