Pardon me while I burst Pardon me while I burst A decade ago, I never thought I would be At 23, on the verge of spontaneous combustion, woe is me! But I guess that it comes with the territory An ominous landscape of never-ending calamity I need you to hear, I need you to see That I have had all I can take And exploding seems like a definite possibility to me So pardon me while I burst into flames I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same Not two days ago, I was having a look in a book And I saw a picture of a guy fried up above his knee I said I can relate, 'cause lately, I've been thinking of combustication As a welcome vacation from the burdens of the planet Earth Like gravity, hypocrisy, and the perils of being in 3D But thinking so much differently, and Pardon me while I burst into flames I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same Never be the same, yeah Pardon me while I burst into flames Pardon me, pardon me, pardon me So pardon me while I burst into flames I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same Pardon me, I'll never be the same, yeah