I tried to brace myself for impact   But the preparation was nearly useless   Almost as useless as my earlier efforts      I can’t keep this inside   If you’re gonna brag, don’t brag on me   You wish you had your hands in this   But the truth is the truth, that’s all      And at first   We weren’t noticing the way you talked to us all   In reverse   Forced to walk upon a string   In hopes that we won’t fall      And you plucked a young group from the heart of the hills   With the promise of the world to dangle   In front of her face, his face, her face…      What if we left you behind?   The tables turned, this time not me   If you were as half as tough as I thought you were   You’d stand there like a man      And at first   We weren’t noticing the way you talked to us all   In reverse   Forced to walk upon a string   In hopes that we won’t fall      The look on your face   A smile that never took it’s place   It’s absent like me (x4)      We’ll give it to you (x12)      What if we left you behind?   The tables turned, this time not me   If you were as half as tough    Half assed tough as I thought you were   I can’t hold this inside   If you’re gonna brag, don’t brag on me   You wish you had your hands in this   But the truth is the truth, that’s all