The Metal Alliance - The Way It Was Lyrics

It begins with a couple from hell
Met them outside the hotel
Asked if I could help them out
I said maybe with a lot of doubt
He said: Mount my wife, for this I yearn
I'll help myself while I watch and learn
Those words made my stomach turn
Holding to its contents my concern

I took refuge in my glass
The words still ring will they ever pass

I can't take it any more
Can't go back to before
These images exist
In my mind I resist
I can't go back to the way it was
I can't go back to the past

Another tale, with a girl so blind
Didn't see I was only polite
Wanted to know if she looked fine
Told her "for your age? Sure, all right"
She took this as sexual hint
Surprising me like a gust of wind
Hoping to woe me into her bed
Had to tell her to drop dead

I take refuge in my glass
Because your words are like poisonous gas

I can't take it any more
Can't go back to before
These images exist
In my mind I resist
I can't go back to the way it was
I can't go back to the past

Traumas, terrifying dreams, no more sleep
Every night I lie awake and weep
These images embedded very deep
My sanity is what I try to keep

You speak of fantasy and epic times
You don't see the hate in my eyes
You're the vermin of the night
Yet you think you're all right
You've crossed the thin white line
The words still ring in my mind
And even with no lights
You're such an ugly sight

And she asks: can you make a circle out of my star

I can't take it any more
Can't go back to before
These images exist
In my mind I resist
I can't go back to the way it was
I can't go back to the past