John Cale - Tearing Apart Lyrics

I know it's all a game
I know they're all the same
I know it's all in vain
I know that I'm to blame
This tearing apart, tearing apart
Tearing apart, tearing apart

I think we all should die
I think we're dead inside
I know the purest rain
Won't wash the bloody stain
I know it waits to strike
This sickness from inside

Will tear us apart
Tear us apart, tear us apart
You're still in my heart
Tearing apart, tearing apart
Tearing apart
Oh you hold the rain

Far far away
Wild swans skim across a lake
Then soar in a white arc
Above my head I wake
Tearing apart

Tearing apart, tearing apart
Tearing apart
You're still in my heart
Tearing apart, tearing apart
Tearing apart
Oh you hold the rain
Oh you hold the rain

I know the purest rain
Won't wash the bloody stain
I know it waits to strike
This sickness from inside

Will tear us apart
Tear us apart, tear us apart
You're still in my heart
Tearing apart, tearing apart
Tearing apart
Oh you hold the rain
Oh you hold the rain
Oh you hold the rain