One Step Ahead

How can you be so certain that you're the one flirting with fire? If each choir needs preaching and everyone's reaching Into their pockets to see what they got If not a lot has changed but if everything's changing Blame to see you sin but no one sees face-to-face, or eye-to-eye This is not how it has to end Who wants to be one step ahead? First to the punchline Just one step ahead First to the punchline When it feels like it's all closing in (mmm) All the lines we won't cross, we bend instead (mmm) Never mind all the noise going through your head, oh 'Cause every time we talk, we say the same things that we say So never mind all the noise going through your head How can I be so certain that my first impressions are mine? If each morning I wake up with circles around me that say "I got mine, I give in, I give up, it's too much" "Come on, let's give 'em hell", "No, "Why not love?" you say "Be too hard and that's not enough in this house of cards" Who wants to be one step ahead? First to the punchline Just one step ahead First to the punchline When it feels like it's all closing in (mmm) All the lines we won't cross, we'll bend instead (mmm) Never mind all the noise going through your head, oh 'Cause every time we talk, we say the same things that we say And every line we cross, we say the same things that we say Every time we try, we play the same old games, it's all been said Now, never mind all the noise going through your head