As It Is When It Was

I've kept my head against the wall
 I've been this way for so long now
 You weren't exactly falling over yourself
 When last I saw you
 Well, I always thought
 We'd get along like a house on fire
 Until you told me that I'd have to go
 How can someone like you work that slow?
 Whatever you think of me
 You listen hard and I will make you see
 Whatever you think of me
 You listen hard and I will make you see
 I don't feel anything no more
 This state of grace is consuming me
 I'm not grown up and I am not a boy
 I feel no pain and I feel no joy
 Well, I always thought
 We'd get along like a house on fire
 In those days when the sun was warm
 I ran in the street where I was born
 Whatever you think of me
 You listen hard and I will make you see
 Whatever you think of me
 You listen hard and I will make you see
 The streets are so empty at this time of night
 I'd rather walk on my own than fight
 In a world where I'd forgotten you
 I found myself forgotten, too
 That's the danger of believing books
 And all the lies of those thieves and crooks
 We sing intellectual songs of love
 From a stolen pen to a velvet glove