[Verse 1]
Everyone you hold takes a piece of you away;
Everyone you know pricks the image of the human clay
And everybody's laughing –
The joke goes mouth to mouth and slips away

[Verse 2]
Everyone you hold leaves you something of themself;
Everyone you told spreads your secret on the warehouse shelf
And everybody buys it
For everyone's in commerce and in trade

[Bridge]
When every sweet embrace has faded
The voices dip, the faces dim and memory drifts away –
Still you stay in everyone you hold
Ooh (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
Ooh (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
Ooh (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Ah-ah-ah-ah)

[Verse 3]
Everyone you hold, no, they never leave your side;
Everybody knows there are secrets we can't hope to hide
If everyone is with you
Then you can never be alone at all
And everyone forgives you –
Accumulated whispers, Chinese walls
[Bridge]
Now everyone you knew
With smiles that you've seen through
We flag, it's true...

But you're still in everyone you hold

[Outro]
Everyone you hold
Everyone you hold
Everyone you told
Knows