Try to remember those ancient evenings
When all we had was just enough.
Now the pretender knows why the king is screaming.
The grief was finally just too much.

I'm going to ride with the idol
Like a creature on display,
Tied to the bottom of a cage.
Ride with the idol,
But it won't turn out the same.
I know they won't blow out the flame.

Over my shoulder, I know they're waiting.
Their dirty hands are everywhere.
And as they get closer all the pretense is fading.
The face beneath the skin is bare.

So now I ride with the idol
Like a creature on display,
Tied to the bottom of a cage, oh yeah.
Ride with the idol,
But it won't turn out the same.
I know they won't blow out the flame.

I can never learn to say no.
Won't they ever let me go?

[guitar interlude]

I'm going to ride with the idol
Like a creature on display,
Tied to the bottom of a cage. oh yeah, yeah.
Ride with the idol,
But it won't turn out the same.
I know they won't blow out the flame.
Ride with the idol,
Like a creature on display,
Tied to the bottom of a cage. oh yeah, yeah.
Ride with the idol,
But it won't turn out the same.
I know they won't blow out the flame (fade)

• At The Beginning
• Beautiful
• Bring It on Home
• Burning of The Heart
• Can't Help Falling in Love
• Dependence
• Edge of a Broken Heart
• Haunt Me Tonight
• Heart of My Own
• I'm Never Gonna Fall in Love Again
• Ride With The Idol
• Slipping Away
• So Into You
• Surrender to Me
• Take It to The Limit
• Thanks to You
• The Best of Me
• The Power Inside of Me
• Thunder & Lightning
• Wild Life
• You'll Never Be Alone