[Verse 1]
Ever consider
From boiling water the residue?
A sea full of people
But after the action who's left with you?
They're standing on others
You're standing on hope to see you through
The atmosphere's waning
They stand on your toes, they breathe with you

[Chorus]
With virgin eye and heart of gold
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be
With heart of gold and mind of child
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be

[Verse 2]
And of the others?
Fools in a glass house throwing stones
Delusions of lacking
Unless one can top it, leave it alone
A [?] dream place
Waves in my blood crash violent tone
And after all effort
The pain and the rain claim you their own
[Chorus]
With virgin eye and heart of gold
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be
With heart of gold and mind of child
I swear it's not the way I thought it would be