I won't live to see my beliefs come true
I will die to choke on a bone
'cause there ain't no love as clean as a dove
So carry on, my darling

Plunge your sharpened knife
Through my naked flesh
The only thing that's still mine
For I've given you all that I ever had
So carry on, my darling

Like a hurricane destroys the land
Disappointment cuts through my life
Leaving nothing good but a broken pride
So carry on, my darling

What a fool
I put my trust where I can't see, where I can't touch
But I'm no soldier, it ain't no war
I am yours for what it's worth
So carry on, my darling