Tell me why you don't understandnthat the world is in the palm of your handnstill it's slipping right through your fingersnnDon't look away if you're afraid to sayndon't shy away if you want to staynand never ever listen to those singersnnThey are failin' to explain younwhy the world should entertain younn'Cause they can't tell younall the reasonsnof what it's all aboutnwhen to you it's all the samennWhole lot of things going round your headnyou want it to stop but sometimes insteadnit gets even worse and you wanna fade awaynnTell me why you don't understandnthat the world is in the palm of your handnit's just something that you'll have to see todaynnThey are failin' to explain younwhy the world should entertain younn'Cause they can't tell younall the reasonsnof what it's all aboutnwhen to you it's all the same