Many prophets preach on bended knees.
Many clerics wasted wine.
Do the bloodied sheets
On those cobbled streets
Mean I have wasted time?

Are there silver shores on paradise?
Can [bad word] in from the cold?
I killed a man in a far away land,
My enemy I'm told.

I really want you to really want me
But I really don't know
If you can do that.
(I really want you)
I know you want to know what's right
But I know it's so hard
For you to do that.
(I really want you) [bad word] out as often it does
And often dictates
That you can't do that.
(I really want you)
Fate can't break this feeling inside,
That's burning up through my veins.

I really want you,
I really want you,
I really want you now.

No matter what I say or do,
The message isn't getting through,
And you're listening to the sound
Of my breaking heart.

I really want you,
I really want you.

Is a poor man rich in solitude?
Or will mother [bad word] 
Did the beggar pray for a sunny day
But Lady Luck for rain?

They say a million people bow and scrape
To an effigy of gold.
I saw life begin
And the ship we're in
And history unfold.

I really want you to really want me
But I really don't know
If you can do that.
(I really want you)
I know you want to know what's right
But I know it's so hard
For you to do that.
(I really want you) [bad word] out as often it does
And often dictates
That you can't do that.
(I really want you)
Fate can't break this feeling inside,
That's burning up through my veins.

I really want you,
I really want you,
I really want you now.

No matter what I say or do,
The message isn't getting through,
And you're listening to the sound
Of my breaking heart.

No matter what I say or do,
The message isn't getting through,
And you're listening to the sound
Of my breaking heart.