So I guess I want to know
Just how much of what I said
Made it through to the other side
'Cause teaching you wrong from right
Just seems like running into a rubber wall
Give enough to convince me
Then we wind up further than where we started from

'Cause I know that you don't buy into
Most of the things I say
But I say them anyway
'Cause I know that underneath your thirst for life
There's a thirst for something real

So I'd like to know
Have you ever laid in bed
With daylight closed and heart undressed
And felt sorrow inside your happiness
'Cause no matter how far or fast you run
Just seems like your track's a treadmill
And your guilty pleasures aren't gaining you any ground

'Cause I know that you don't buy into
Most of the things I say
But I say them anyway
'Cause I know that underneath your thirst for life
There's a thirst for something real

So if you'll let me know
When you're at the end of your rope
I can tell you were to go
'Cause I know, I've been on that cliff before
But I gained my wits before the end
And I'll tell you flat out
I'd rather die than see you fall that far down

Believe me, I know you don't buy into
Any of my beliefs
But I share them just the same
'Cause I know that underneath your thirst for life
There's a thirst for something real

'Cause I know that you don't buy into
Most of the things I say
But I say them anyway
'Cause I know that underneath your thirst for life
There's a thirst for something real
Yeah, I know that underneath your thirst for life
There's a thirst for something real

'Cause I know that underneath our thirst for life
We all thirst for something real