you play the fool again   and hide behind your friends   you say you walked away   but that's not on your face      you're waiting for the sign   to leave them all behind   you shudder all the way   and wonder what they'll say      you have your chance   to wash the stars away,   but it's too late      everybody   wants to touch your hand   but don't you worry   about the talk behind your back   'til it's too late      now you're bracing for the fall   they're blinded by it all   you're frozen by the fear   of what they want to hear      you had your chance   to wash the stars away,   but it's too late      everybody   wants to touch your hand   but don't you worry   about the talk behind your back   you're all alone now   living in the past   'now it's too late      fast as they can   slipped from your hands   and left you bare   now yesterday is all you have   but it's too late,   now you're too late      everybody   wants to touch your hand   but don't you worry   about the talk behind your back   you're all alone now   living in the past   now you're too late   and everyone who touched your hands   now it's too late   is talking now behind your back   now it's too late   alone and living in the past   now you're too late