How d'you know the music when you don't know the score
   Do you think that you can make it when you don't need no more
   Is it really the reason when it is not a need
   Are you trying hard to write it before you can read
  
   Hold you back, hold you back, and slow you down
   Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
   Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
   Slow you down, you've gotta try
  
   Does the clock that you're watching ever tell you 'bout the time
   Does the song that you're singing sound to you like a rhyme
   Will there be an answer when you stop asking why
   All because of the jigsaw that makes up a lie
  
   Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
   Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
   Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
   Slow you down, you've gotta try
  
   How d'you know the music when you don't know the score
   Do you think that you can make it when you don't need no more
   Is it really the reason when it is not a need
   Are you trying hard to write it before you can read
  
   Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
   Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
   Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
   Slow you down, you've gotta try
  
   Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
   Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
   Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down, slow you down
   Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down