[Verse 1]
I was a boy inside a girl, so ravishing, I felt her pain
She took me in, so innocent
And I was a girl, so beautiful
The type that all the boys wanted in this small town
And they took me down, I took him in
I took him in, he took me down

[Chorus]
The way of the world
It's so frantic and beautiful, it's so beautiful
The way of the world, it's such a shame
So tragic and beautiful, it's so beautiful

[Verse 2]
Thought it was love, couldn't be true
No, I felt it too, it's all her fault
She took him in and I took him in
I take the blame, so painful now
To live with his name ringing in my head

And fear of a consequence
Greater than the one I know
And this world has never made
So much sense as it does, now
As it does, now
[Chorus]
The way of the world
It's so frantic and beautiful, it's so beautiful
The way of the world, it's such a shame
So tragic and beautiful

It's so beautiful
It's so beautiful
It's so beautiful
It's so beautiful
It's so beautiful
It's so beautiful