I'll be the first to admit   This is a bright but haunted age   I just don't know now, now   I just can't say, hey, hey      When you get down   Down to the heart and the bones of it   That?s when it breaks, you know   That?s when it falls apart   But that?s the prize now      Oh, caveat emptor, open the atom?s core   But that?s the prize now   Oh, caveat emptor, open the atom?s core   Oh, caveat emptor, open the atom?s core, oh      Oh, oh, I just don?t get it      And you keep slipping   Down the surface of things   I just can?t take it now   I just can?t wait for more      When you get down   Down to the sub atomic part of it   That?s when it breaks, you know   That?s when it falls apart   Oh, caveat emptor, open the atom?s core, oh, oh      Oh, oh, I just don't get it, get it   Oh, I just don?t get it, get it   Get it, get it, get it, get it, get it   I just don't get it, oh      No, I, I just don't get it   No, I, I just don't get it   Just don?t get it, get it      Get it, get it, get it, get it   Get it, get it, get it, get it   Get it, get it, oh, get it      What?s wrong with you?   Hey, lad   Hey, lad