[Verse 1]
I look at you and see
My life that might have been
Your face just ghostly in the smoke
They're setting fire to the cornfields
As you're taking me home
The smell of burning fields
Will now mean you and here

[Chorus]
And this is where I want to be, this is what I need
This is where I want to be, this is what I need
This is where I want to be, but I know that this will never be mine

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, the thrill and the hurting
The thrill and the hurting
I know that this will never be mine

[Verse 2]
I want you as the drеam, not the reality
That clumsy goodbye kiss could fool mе
But looking back over my shoulder
At you happy without me

[Chorus]
This is where I want to be, this is what I need
This is where I want to be, this is what I need
This is where I want to be, but I know that this will never be mine
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, the thrill and the hurting
Will never be mine
The thrill and the hurting

[Interlude]

[Outro]
This is what I want
It will never be mine
Oh, it can never be
The thrill and the hurting
Will never be mine