[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
              
Tale as old as

  
 honey
              
A moment every

 
body knows
              
Yeah, I'm sure

            
 there was hea

rtbreak
              
Inside the wal

       
ls of Jericho
              
I couldn't bel


ieve it
              
How you could 

           
just stop want

ing me
              
You burnt down

        
 Easter Island
              
As if it wasn'

           
t sacred, as i

             
f it wasn't sa

/
cred to me


[Chorus]

 I've seen it 

in the poems, 

in the sands

 I've pleaded 

with the power

s and their pl

ans
             
 I tried to re

              
-write it but 

   
I can't
              
It's the histo

         
ry, the histor

y of man

 She stays up,

 he's sleeping

 like a lamb

 She begs him,

 hе says he do

esn't understa

nd

 Shе loves him

 more than any

one ever has
             
 In the histor

              
y, the history

     
 of man
              
It's the histo

       
ry of man (Yea

h)


[Verse 2]
              
You didn't eve

   
n falter
              
Didn't look ba

   
ck once, did y

ou?
              
So Samson blam

      
ed Delilah
              
But given half

       
 the chance I,

 I would have 

made him weake

r too


[Pre-Chorus]
           
Sirens sound a

     
nd trumpets bl

aring
 
You walked out

, oh
 
Without sweati

ng


[Chorus]

 I've seen it 

in the poems, 

in the sands

 I've pleaded 

with the power

s and their pl

ans
             
 I tried to re

              
-write it but 

   
I can't
              
It's the histo

         
ry, the histor

y of man (Hist

ory)

 She stays up,

 he's sleeping

 like a lamb

 She begs him,

 hе says he do

esn't understa

nd

 Shе loves him

 more than any

one ever has

 In the histor

y, the history

 of man (Histo

ry)


[Bridge]
     
He stole her y

outh and promi

sed heaven
     
The men start 

wars yet Troy 

hates Helen
 
Women's hearts

 are lethal we

apons
 
Did you hold m

ine and feel t

hreatened?
 
Hear my lyrics

, taste my ven

om
 
You are still 

my great obses

sion


[Chorus]

 I've seen it 

in the poems, 

in the sands

 I've pleaded 

with the power

s and their pl

ans
             
 I tried to re

              
-write it but 

   
I can't
              
It's the histo

         
ry, the histor

y of man (Hist

ory)

 I stay up, yo

u're sleeping 

like a lamb

 I beg you and

 you don't und

erstand

 I hold on, I 

try to hold yo

ur hand

 I save you a 

seat and then 

you say you wa

nna stand

 So you'll los

e me, the best

 you'll ever h

ave

 It's the hist

ory, the histo

ry of man