Blind these eyes who never tried   To lose temptation   I'm so scared, where's the hesitation?   You so easily proved that you could save a man   I am that man      It's better off this way   To be deaf, dumb and lame   Than to be the way I am, I am      It's better off this way   Than be groping for the flame   Than to be the way I am, I am      Still this tongue for I am hung   By this wicked notion   Tame the beast, release   The noose I've woven   O, wasted tears dripping from my tongue   Well, I'm hung, hung      It's better off this way   To be deaf, dumb and lame   Than to be the way I am, I am      It's better off this way   Than be groping for the flame   Than to be the way I am, I am      Crooked path you never asked   You just left me there   And I deal with the aftermath   And you don't even care   O, crooked feet you nimbly meet   The place of my fears      It's better off this way   To be deaf, dumb and lame   Than to be the way I am, I am      It's better off this way   Than be groping for the flame   Than to be the way I am, I am      It's better off this way   To be deaf, dumb and lame   Than to be the way I am, I am      It's better off this way   Than be groping for the flame   Than to be the way I am, I am