When I was young I knew everything
She a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt stricken
Sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice

I can't be held responsible
She was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place

For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise
And we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen

My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a weeks's worth of valium and slept
And now he's guilt stricken
Sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept

He says

I can't be held responsible
She was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place

For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise
And we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen

We've tried to wash our hands of all this
We never talk of our lacking relationships
And how we're guilt stricken
Sobbing with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip

We'd say

I can't be held responsible
She was touching her face
And I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place

For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise
And we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen

We were merely freshmen

One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all

Go ask Alice when she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits and you know you're going to fall
Tell them a hooker smoking caterpillar has given you the call

Call Alice when she was just small

When the men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom and your mind is moving low

Go ask Alice
I think she'll know

When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards and the Red Queen's "Off with her head!"

Remember what the doormouse said

Feed your head

Feed your head

Well we all have a face
That we hide away forever
And we take them out and show ourselves
When everyone has gone
Some are satin some are steel
Some are silk and some are leather
They're the faces of the stranger
But we love to try them on

Well we all fall in love
But we disregard the danger
Though we share so many secrets
There are some we never tell
Why were you so surprised that you never saw the stranger
Did you ever let your lover see the stranger in yourself?

Don't be afraid to try again
Everyone goes south
Every now and then
You've done it
Why can't someone else?
You should know by now
You've been there yourself

Once I used to believe
I was such a great romancer
Then I came home to a woman
That I could not recognize
When I pressed her for a reason
She refused to even answer
It was then I felt the stranger
Kick me right between the eyes

Well we all fall in love
But we disregard the danger
Though we share so many secrets
There are some we never tell
Why were you so surprised that you never saw the stranger
Did you ever let your lover see the stranger in yourself?

Don't be afraid to try again
Everyone goes south
Every now and then
You've done it
Why can't someone else?
You should know by now
You've been there yourself

You may never understand
How the stranger is inspired
But he isn't always evil
And he is not always wrong
Though you drown in good intentions
You will never quench the fire
You'll give in to your desire
When the stranger comes along