I
think there's something wrong
with the man upstairs
I haven't heard a single sound
coming from up there
And there's a spot on the ceiling
And it's starting to spread
I guess he had too many feelings
Running loose in his head
Now there's a pleasant conversation
Going on inside my brain
I don't know who it is or where it's from
I just can't explain
But it's telling me to do something
I don't think is right
Oh, how I need you here
to help me hold on
through the night
Can't you see that there's
a certain possibility
A defect in my personality
I just can't let it get the
best of me
Oh, won't you save me from myself?
Kevin's calling on the telephone
Desmond knocking at my door
And there's a shadow in the hallway
That wasn't there before
And the man upstairs is laughing
as he whispers in my ear
My sleep is peaceful and so painless,
but I don't want to hear
Life can be full of
confusion and calamity
A lie, a paradox, a tragedy
When it brings out the
very wor st in me
I cannot show you that I care
Oh oh yeah
Ooh
Oh, I don't wanna know
But here's what I'm gonna do
Yeah, you've lifted a veil
But you shouldn't see it through
You never learn about
the consequences it brings
But when a man loses hope
he loses everything
Lord have mercy on you
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Now as the curtain closes,
time weighs heavy on your heart
So we're covered you in roses,
it's so sad your hair departs
And friends they say they loved you,
even though you died a sail
Well so they say, but where were they
when you needed them?
And the man upstairs is home now
You can put your faith in him
Cause when he hears you knockin'
He'll let you in
Life can be full of confu
sion and calam ity
A lie, a paradox, a tragedy
I'll move it to the other
side with me
And we can watch it through eternity
An d see the matter