[Verse 1]
Here's the decline, the ballad of you and I
We wrote the first verse, you crossed out the middle eight
The rise and the fall of our own little empire
Where you play the conqueror, and I was the overcome

[Chorus 1]
I was the overcome (La, la, la, la, la, la, la)
I was the overcome (La, la, la, la, la, la, la)
I was the overcome

[Verse 2]
I’ll be your doormat, be trampled all over
I'll be alone like a sad little loner
If this is our song then you're the composer
I'm not a game but you'll play me anyway

[Chorus 2]
You'll play me anyway (La, la, la, la, la, la, la)
You'll play me anyway (La, la, la, la, la, la, la)
You'll play me anyway

[Interlude]
I know when I'm right
I'm never wrong
I know when I'm right
I'm never wrong