Pardon me while I burst
Pardon me while I burst

A decade ago
I never thought I would be
At twenty three
On the verge of spontaneous combustion
Woe-is-me

But I guess that it comes with the territory
An ominous landscape of never-ending calamity
I need you to hear
I need you to see
That I have had all I can take
And exploding
Seems like a definite possibility to me

So pardon me while I burst into flames
I've had enough of the world
And its people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn
And rise above the flame
Pardon me
Pardon me
I'll never be the same

Not two days ago
I was having a look
In a book
And I saw a picture of a guy
Fried up above his knees
I said "I can relate"
Cuz lately I've been thinking
Of combustation
As a welcomed vacation from
The burdens of the planet earth
Like gravity, hypocricy
And the perils of being in 3-D
And thinking so much differently

So pardon me while I burst into flames
I've had enough of the world
And its people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn
And rise above the flame
Pardon me
Pardon me
I'll never be the same
I'll never be the same

So pardon me while I burst into flames
I've had enough of the world
And its people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn
And rise above the flame
Pardon me
Pardon me
I'll never be the same
I'll never be the same