Funny, you swear you got nowhere special to go   But I know you will before too long   Because you're always there, standing there   Staring at the hole in the robe   Like it was a place somebody would go      Confusion is king, the talk of your town   With the Hollywood design, knowing everyone   Would you cover mine?      You spoke softer than anybody I ever heard   Softer than the velvet in your hair, tying back   Black while you laugh at me, black as a bird   I live in a cage, and I could take you there      Confusion is king, the talk of your town   Streets, I'm living with the pain   This is what you see always looking down      Hanging out, better off? Can't tell how to behave   With her on the stage I hear your song   With the animals painted in the dark on the walls of the cage   Pictures of the ones I guess you won't forget      Confusion is king, the talk of my town   I don't know if you hear the meaning of the word   Maybe just yourself?      Little things trigger big problems   You can wipe out a stain    And maybe I destroy what makes you sad      If you're rid of so many minds   Buried that you never relay    Until your body's numb and it's all too bad      Confusion is king, the talk of the town   I don't know how to speak it   I don't know how to help you   I'll just be around      I don't know how to speak   I don't know how to help   I'll just be around