[Chorus]
(Here's the old man and his not-so-childlike bride;)
(Here's the humbling of us all, delusion never dies;)
(Here's the story: anyone can fall at any time at all)
(We're born to be fools in life)

[Verse 1]
I was the king of the mountain
I had everything that money couldn't buy:
At the summit of ambition I was ready for the sky
I viewed the world from this, my citadel...
Oh, how I fell

[Verse 2]
Silent and sleeping, the volcano
So I thought that I stood square upon my feet
I ignored the warning tremors in my hubris, I repeat –
I never saw you coming, Jezebel...
Oh, how I fell

[Bridge]
As I look back now on the tears I was to cry
I am holding on to the vestiges of pride
I am just holding on, but I will never be the one to tell
How far I fell
[Chorus]
(Here's the old man and his not-so-childlike bride;)
(Here's the humbling of us all, delusion never dies;)
(Here's the story: anyone can fall at any time at all)
(We're born to be fools in life)

[Verse 3]
A fool and his money are soon parted
And there's nothing like an old fool, so they say:
Once the plastic had been melted quickly you were on your way
Leaving me drowning in the wishing-well –
Oh, how I fell

[Verse 4]
You'll never know how deep you cut me
Although anyone can see the state I'm in
So I pay the price of such unoriginal sin...
But I will never bring myself to tell
How far I fell