I Told You I Couldn’t Stop

[Verse 1]
Oh, in my mind's eye, a plantation
In the clearing is a platform station
In the distance is a kingdom
Into the front line is how I'm coming
They say in war, all is fair
I'm headed to the field in spite of my condition

[Chorus]
Whatever you thought
Whatever you thought
You know I told you
I couldn't stop
I couldn't stop

[Verse 2]
Now, through the desert, out to the sea
Weather-beaten through all four seasons
Now there is love in my creation
I've come back for all the right reasons
I ain't your castle, you're not a queen
It isn't yours that you're so busy there protecting

[Chorus]
Whatever you thought
Whatever you thought
You know I told you
I couldn't stop
Whatever you thought
Whatever you thought
You know I told you
I couldn't stop
I couldn't stop

[Verse 3]
All this beauty, it's sticky sweet
This naughty world is due for a good deed
Give me your poor, your tired huddled masses
Bring me the head of a mule in my glasses
And sing that lonesome high melody
Now, rumble your men, the horror behind me

[Chorus]
Whatever you thought
Whatever you thought
You know I told you
I couldn't stop
Whatever you thought
Whatever you thought
You know I told you
I couldn't stop
I couldn't stop
I couldn't stop
I couldn't stop