See I want to believe you,
and I wanted to trust
and I want to have faith to
put away the dagger.

But you lie, cheat, and steal.
you lie, cheat, and steal.
you lie, cheat, and steal.
And yet I tolerate you.

You lie, cheat, and steal.
you lie, cheat, and steal.
you lie, cheat, and steal.
How can I tolerate?

Veil of virtue
hung to hide your method,
while I smile and laugh and dance
and sing your praise and glory.

Shroud of virtue hung to
mask your stigma,
as I smile and laugh and dance
and sing your glory.

While you lie, cheat, and steal.
you lie, cheat, and steal.
you lie, cheat, and steal.
How can I tolerate you?

You lie, cheat, and steal.
you lie, cheat, and steal.
you lie, cheat, and steal.
I cannot tolerate.

Our guilt, our blame,
I've been far too sympathetic.
Our blood, our fault.
I've been far too sympathetic.

I am not innocent.
I am not innocent.
You are not innocent.
Noone is innocent.

you lie, cheat, and steal.
you lie, cheat, and steal.
You lie, cheat, and steal.
you lie, cheat, and steal.
I cannot tolerate.

I will not tolerate you.
I will go down beside you.
I must go down beside you.
Noone is innocent.

from Undertow, 1993