The Element of Surprise Lyrics

If I was a good man

Like the kind that we're supposed to be

I'd have a soft spot for hoodlums

Strugglin' against the sea

I'd get no broken bones

Endorse no tricky lies

And I'd gladly relinquish

The element of surprise

I wouldn't be harsh with you, man

I'd tell them what they want to hear

A mirage of a kingdom

That hasn't been alive for years

I'd throw no grody stones

I'd look them in the eye

And I'd lock away

The element of surprise

And if I was a wise man

It would all just come to me

I wouldn't have to struggle

To catch mermaids from the sea

I'd have a precognition

That foretold every plight

Need no supervision

To quest for what is right

I wouldn't be afraid

When I got that look you seem to prize

And I wouldn't flinch from

The element of surprise