This is a cruel world
Better not try to fake it
This is a cruel world
We better not try to save
This is a cruel world
Better not try to fake it
This is a cruel world
We better not try to save it

Come one, come all
We are, we've all been
Dreams that never were unknown
We'll pick you up to throw you down
We'll let you in to cast you out

'Cause if there's a light
Then they'll burn it out
They'll burn it out
And if it's alive
Then they'll choke it out
They'll choke it out

This is a cruel world
Better not try to fake it
This is a cruel world
Better not try to save it

We argue more
They know I won't believe in fairy tales of hope
They'll lift you up to drop you down
They'll let you in to shut your mouth

'Cause if there's a light
Then they'll burn it out
They'll burn it out
And if it's alive
Then they'll choke it out
They'll choke it out

This is a cruel world
Better not try to fake it
This is a cruel world
We better not try to save it

You are the prey
You are the prey
You are the hunted
Now you're the taken

This is a cruel world
We better not try to save it

Sorry, you have reached a number that has just been disconnected
Weep no longer for me

This is a cruel world
Better not try to fake it
This is a cruel world
We better not try to save
This is a cruel world
Better not try to fake it
This is a cruel world
We better not try to save it

You are the prey
You are the prey
You are the hunted
Now you're the taken

This is a cruel world
This is a cruel world
This is a cruel world