You're poised and ready, unable to make a sound   Your hands are sweaty as you look down   You're running already when you've hit the ground      You're willing and able, so nice to have around   The head of the table is tightly wound   The noise is loud, so turn it down      When you think about it, try to wrap your head around it   You find none of it makes any sense at all   And people you once trusted are now looking so disgusted   And they're waiting anxiously for you to fall      You take for granted and take what you can grab   Forsake what's landing into your lap   You shake the hand and take a stab      There's no need to doubt it   There's never been two ways about it   It takes a thick skin   There's ways around it but no way in      And when you think about it, try to wrap your head around it   You find none of it makes any sense at all   And people you once trusted are now looking so disgusted   And they're waiting anxiously for you to fall      And there you go, turning everybody you know   Turning a one man show, so take a look around you now   And suck it up and take a bow      You're living and crawling and trying to catch a breath   You're stalling and dying a sudden death   And all the while you second guess      And now the time has come to for it to stop   The crowd was done, so call the cops   You're like a boy who turned and shot      You're poised and ready, unable to make a sound   Your hands are sweaty if you look down   You're running already when you hit the ground