I have my dubious motives For my fatuous friends I have a need to be needed And feel superior again And I'd rather be shallow Blind deaf and dumb I can't afford the risk of Feeling anything but numb (oh no! - shhh! can you see me? can you see me? don't come too close to my exposure - I can't expose myself -not to anyone - do you hear me?- not to anyone) And I am such a coward And I am such a fake I like too keep my pulse down To soothe this beating ache (oh no! - shhh! can you see me? can you see me? don't come too close to my exposure - I can't expose myself -not to anyone - do you hear me?- not to anyone) I have my dubious motives For my fatuous friends I have a need to be needed And feel superior again And I'd rather be shallow Blind deaf and dumb I can't afford the risk of Feeling anything but numb