Thirst for Knowledge

I'm really sorry that I sometimes feel like this

I'm really sorry that I sometimes make you cry

I need to know all about you because you're mine

But then I go so quiet and the desert's dry

I cannot bear the thought of someone touching you

Even in the days when I never knew

The thirst for knowledge is the thing that drives me on

Even though I know I'll feel the way I do

The awful mess that I'm trying to forget

The awful mess that made you write those songs

And the people you turned to to save yourself

All those weeks that I left you for so long

And I promise not to hurt you anymore

Can you understand what I'm trying to say

I'm trying not to hurt you anymore

But I upset you when I sometimes feel this way

A thirst for knowledge from the well where the knowledge lies

When ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise

I could never bear

I could never bear those words

I'm really sorry that I sometimes feel like this

After all the things I've promised in this song

I'd never forgive myself if I lost you now

I'm trying oh so hard not to do wrong

I cannot bear the thought of someone touching you

Even in the days when I never knew you

A thirst for knowledge is the thing that drives me on

Even though I know I'll feel the way I do

And I still feel this way

I'm trying not to do that