It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit
If she wasn't so ladylike
She imagines how she might have lived
back when legends and history collide
So she looks to her prince finding he's so charmingly
slumped at her side
Those days are recalled on the gallery wall
And she's waiting for passion or humour to strike
What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
All this useless beauty
Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time
'Til he almost began to negotiate
She held his head like a baby and said "It's okay if you cry"
Now he wants her to dress as if you couldn't guess
He desires to impress his associates
But he's part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased
So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny
Chorus
She won't practice the looks from the great tragic books
That were later disgraced to face celluloid
It won't even make sense but you can bet
If she isn't a sweetheart or plaything or pet
The film turns her into an unveiled threat
Nonsense prevails, modesty fails
Grace and virtue turn into stupidity
While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise
And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts
They still think they're the gods of antiquity
If something you missed didn't even exist
It was just an ideal -- is it such a surprise?
Chorus [x2]I cant take back, the things i said, to you in the past.
Or make you forget, the reasons why, we didnt last.
Im haunted by what might of been, still i cant change who
i was back then
(chours)
But if i could hold you now, you'd see ive turned myself around,
and now im someone you'd be proud to love.
I'de do all the right things, make promises that ide keep
It'd hurt too much to let you down
and in my arms there'd be no room for doubt,
if I could hold you now
Its funny how, this empty room, makes it all to clear
When I let you leave, a part of me, just dissapeared
But if ide known then what ive come to know,
theres no way i could of let you go
(chorus)
But if I could hold you now you'd see ive turned myself around,
and now im someone you'd be proud to love.
Ide do all the right things, make promises that I'de keep
It'd hurt to much to let you down
and in my arms, there'd be no room for doubt
If I could hold you now
But if i'de known now what ive come to know,
there'd be no way i could of let you go
(chorus)
If I could hold you now
repeat 3x