Sunday evening down the penny arcade   I see your face in the pinball game   Put in a quarter and it starts to fade   Tell myself it won't appear again   But this is just another game I've played so badly   Right from the start   And through the bells and buzzers you're still singing sadly   It tears me apart   The higher you fly   The farther you gotta fall      Tilt - you're pushing too hard   Try just another ball   Tilt - so why's it so hard   Keeping it under control      Take it easy take your time, you said   Take me home I'll see you soon enough   You say I'm pushing but it's in your head   I feel so helpless, you say I'm so tough   And now we fight it out until I just can't hear you   I can't understand   When all I want is just permission to be near you   Holding your hand   But nobody said   The lights would keep flashing red      Tilt - you're pushing too hard   Try just another ball   Tilt - so why's it so hard   Keeping it under control