[Verse/ Isolated Vocal Intro]
I write this alone in my bed
I've poisoned every room in the house
This place is quiet 'n' so alone
Pretend there's something worth waiting for..

[Verse 1 Continuation]
There's nothing nice in my head
The adult world took it all away
I wake up with spit in this mouth
I cannot tell if it's real or-

[Chorus]
I try to walk in a straight line
An imitation of dignity
From Despair to Where?
From Despair to Where?

[Instrumental/ Interlude]
Come-on!

[Verse 2]
Outside, open-mouth cows
Pass each other as if they're drugged
Down pale corridors of routine
Where life falls unatoned
The weak kick like straw
Till the world means less and less
Words are never enough
Just cheap, tarnished glitter
[Chorus]
I try to walk in a straight line
An imitation of dignity
From Despair to Where?
From Despair to Where?

[Instrumental]

[Chorus 2/ Variation]
A cripple walks in a straight line
An imitation of dignity
From Despair to Where?
From Despair to Where-eogh...

[Spoken James Dean Bradfield]
Well, thank you!
Excuse my voice tonight, my boyish top range is gone