smile you will be my shield you'll be the only thing anyone ever sees kill crush me, break my will cease the endless rats inside the walls that squeak and scratch away and keep me awake this is my vice that i will break this is my christ in arms today this is my golden chance to fight the odds that never seem to change ne'er seem to change ne'er seem to change today love don't hurt me this time be for real or kindly let this lonely soldier be fear my old friend disappear leave me to regard the world in better ways than what is wrong and what cannot be don't say you'll change