Here in my ivory tower
I'm the fascinating thinking machine
A dozen theories I'm dying to prove
And nobody to see what I mean
No one
To see
They don't see me

If I remember to do it
Once a blue moon eye contact's made
No sense of timing, I hold too long
And get nervous
As I look away
and feel
These eyes
My cold blue eyes

Not smile like a child's would
Too serious for my own good
And you'd think it was easy to love yourself
Like I love everybody else
I'm lost
In my own room
I only want to know you
And the moment I think I can trust myself
I fall back
The professor strikes again

You know the first impression
Only so many things you control
They looked right through the jacket you bought
Listened through every story you told
No one
Recalled
The tales you told

Should I examine my zipper?
Does my collar have a ketchup stain?
I think I see a connection made
But they keep on forgetting my name
My name
One day
I'll hear my name and

Laugh like a child would
Too serious for my own good
And you'd think it was easy to love yourself
Like I love everybody else
I'm lost
In my own room
I only want to know you
And the moment I think I can trust myself
I fall back
The professor strikes again

I think about my dear old mom
She loved every single thing I said
Yeah I could kill a man and still not let her down
If I could see myself that way
There might be brighter days ahead
I could quiet down, let go, and watch it
Turn you around

Back in the ivory tower
Where my theories at least I can know
I know one other thing right about now
I'm so tired its high time to go
To bed
Where things
Don't hurt my head

And dream like a child would
Too serious for my own good
And you'd think it was easy to love yourself
Like I love everybody else
I'm lost
In my own room
I only want to know you
And the moment I think I can trust myself
I fall back
The professor strikes again