Intro: verse 1: You’ll never have to hear the word "no" If you keep all your friends on the payroll The non-disclosure pages signed Your secret’s safe between those lines The scaffolding will cheer and console you But remember what your mother told you That good help is so hard to find For people that are so refined You’re trying to turn into the skid In this never-ending grid There’s a long slow fade To a darkened stage And I hear you say "Only a fool gives it away" Only a fool would give Only a fool gives it away verse 2: You said you wanna stake out your claim High above the city from where you came Don’t you know the air’s so thin? It starves the brain of oxygen I know it’s such a dangerous place For there are more ascensions than there is space Angels causing accidents The camera phones’ll document But if I start to levitate Pull me down with all your weight There’s a long slow fade To a darkened stage And I hear you say "Only a fool gives it away" Only a fool would give Only a fool gives it away Solo: Pre-Chorus You’re trying to turn into the skid In this never-ending grid But you should know it’s not ideal All those hands upon the wheel There’s a long slow fade To a darkened stage And I hear you say "Only a fool gives it away" There’s a long slow fade To a darkened stage And I hear you say "Only a fool gives it away" Only a fool would give Only a fool would give Only a fool would give Only a fool gives this away