Pet Shop Boys Lyrics
"Metamorphosis"

(Metamorphosis, metamorphosis, metamorphosis, metamorphosis...)

I wanna know, yeah.
I wanna know.

Please allow me to try and explain,
I'm living proof that man can change.
I knew what I wanted, I knew how to get it,
It didn't make me happy so I started again.
What I wanted to be was a family man,
But nature had some alternative plans.
So I did without the lot, put emotion on hold,
And hoped my instincts would do what they were told.

I wanna know yeah
I wanna know

But every now and then, often at night,
A particular feeling would surface in spite
Of what I told myself and tried to deny.
I kept on asking the question: why?

Why? Why? Why?
I wanna know
You grow up and experience this:
A total metamorphosis.

It's all about change.
It's a metamorphosis.

With time and age I had to change,
'Cause my behaviour was getting strange.
People on the street caught my eye,
And I began to think I might be their kind of guy.
The long-term suppression of an adolescent urge
Was in retreat, and I was on the verge
Of falling in love or having fun.
Time was running out. Something had to be done.

I wanna know, yeah.
I wanna know.
I wanna know, yeah.
Tell me what's the reason.

Where was I? Laying down the law,
Dancing with the others out on the floor.
Music and smoke, what did it mean?
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.
I had what I wanted, madly in love,
Nothing else mattered, this was enough.
Questions were answered which used to perplex,
In particular those about the big s.e.x.

I wanna know, yeah (sex!)
I wanna know, (sex!)
I wanna know, yeah.
Tell me what's the reason (sex!)
Tell me what's the reason.

You grow up and experience this:
A total metamorphosis.
It's all about love.
It's a metamorphosis.

Dreaming is easy, life is tough - I got the picture.
The most important thing is not to end up bitter.
'Cause when you start to feel increasingly forlorner,
Woomph! Love comes right around the corner.
It may not last, but here am I!
Once a caterpillar, now a butterfly.
It can seem strange, but when you reminisce,
It's all about change, it's a metamorphosis.

I-I-I wanna know, yeah.
I wanna know.
It's all about love.
It's a metamorphosis.

You grow up and experience this:
A total metamorphosis.
It's all about change.
It's a metamorphosis.

I-I-I wanna know, yeah.
I wanna know.
I wanna know, yeah.
I wanna know.

It's all about change.
It's a metamorphosis.

I wanna know, yeah.
I wanna know.
It's all about love.
It's a metamorphosis.

(Metamorphosis)
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(Metamorphosis)