When All Else Fails - Skyclad

My last will and testament I now bequeath

To all those I trusted (to those who deceived me)

Though by hope deserted of this I am sure

That where I am going you’ll hurt me no more

While your plotting my downfall I’m planning my wake

Still you’re trying to see how much more I can take

In this game that we’re playing I know I can’t win

And my dreams have all ended before they begin

One for the wish that would never come true

Two for the kisses betraying a fool

Three for the life that was my bed of nails

For there’s only one answer when all else fails

I fear I have been here too long for my own good

Outstaying my welcome when all the time I should

Have heeded my heart when it said take your bow

But I’m sadder and wiser and listening now

In this life that you’re leading you’re fooling yourself

If you think you are better than anyone else

So shed not your tears for me now pretty child

For when I was crying — remember, you smiled

The knife that I’m holding was never as sharp

As the words from your cruel lips that punctured my heart

Tell me where was your friendship in my hour of need

When you stood and you laughed while watching me bleed?

One for the wish that would never come true

Two for the kisses betraying a fool

Three for the life that was my bed of nails

For there’s only one answer when all else fails

Don’t talk to me of loneliness — don’t speak to me of tears

For I have had enough of both to last a thousand years

«If music be the food of love» then let a famine rage

To starve my childish innocence before it comes of age

One for the wish that would never come true

Two for the kisses betraying a fool

Three for the life that was my bed of nails

For there’s only one answer when all else fails

I beg you forgive me — I apologise

For wasting your time with such lengthy goodbyes

But as I depart — unto destiny kneel

I pray that one day you will know how I feel

Goodbye