[Part I: You Can’t Want What You Always Get...]

[Verse 1]
Yeah, give it a bit of hard on the rudder
Hot on the heels of foot to the floor;
Setting your mind on one thing or the other
Do you still find you're always wanting something more?

[Pre-Chorus]
Yes, and the thing you want forever
Is always the thing you can never have –

[Chorus]
I want
Doesn't get

[Verse 2]
Yeah, try out the line of "This is original";
Spin out the story: "This is brand new";
Oh give it a bit of "I never felt like this before";
Cut to the chase: "I only want you"

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh yes, and the one you want forever
Will always be the one you can never have...
[Chorus]
I want (Here's a message from the future)
Doesn't get (You don't have time to forget...)
I want (Here's a message from the darkside:)
Doesn't get (Better live with your regrets.)

[Violin Solo]

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh yes, and the thing you want's forever
It's always, the thing you can never have...

[Chorus]
I want
Doesn't get

[Verse 3]
Oh who was it told you you were the gifted one?
And who was it said that yours is the lucky star?
Somehow you're always looking to shed your next skin
Always too busy to be who and what you are

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh yeah, still the one you chase forever
Turns into the one you can never have
[Chorus]
I want (Here's a message for your present)
Just means I lack (And there isn't any catch:)
I don't want (Better live the life you're living)
To turn the clock back (No conditions are attached.)

[Verse 4]
You can't live a life as constant acquisition;
You're missing the present
Always looking to live in the future tense
You build up your hopes for Corpus Non Delicti...
The Crack of Temples –
Who're you going to sue for recompense

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh yes, when the thing you want forever
Will always be the thing you could have had?

[Chorus]
I want (Here's a message from the future)
Just means I lack (That you'd better not forget...)
But I don't want (Here's a message from the darkside)
To turn the clock back (Better live with your regrets)
I want (Here's a message for the present)
Doesn't get (If you haven't got it yet:)
I want (Better live the life you're living.)
Doesn't get
[Part II: ..If You Haven't Got It Yet]

[Instrumental]