Water is getting into my arch diming out lights - until dark   thought my construction was tight thought what I built up might stand the flood   stand the flood phrases bearing a questionmark are trying to board my barque   again I start thinking what could have been what might have been   if I made up my mind in a different way what could have been   if I made you stay again I start thinking what do they mean   what do they mean all these words like "but" and "if" haunting my brain   what does it mean when all the doubts come up again   remembering me: what should have been what could have been   what if I've followed my vision what if I've sat on the fence   if I took a different decision if I felt a change of sense   too many things I can't change too many setups I can't rearrange   too many unknown lamentos I'm singing of key should I've thought of myself   or of the pain inside climbing up the ladder I was put out of the stride   should I've tried harder banish my doubts! What do they mean   these words like "faith" and "love" bereft of their meaning   when push comes to shove what might have been   if I made up my mind in a different way what might have been   if I made you stay what might have been