You carry me around 
Like loose change jingle-jangling 
At the bottom of your bag 
You don't seem to feel it though 
As you swing down the street 
Walking that unique birthday-candle glow 
In broad daylight 
In broad daylight 
And you don't even know.. the way I love you 

You never knew power, did you? 
Y'thought that power was in a strong arm 
People passing laws and gold 
Tsunamis and Mushroom Clouds 

Oh babe that's nothing.. 

You think it's kinda sweet 
The stammer and the tremble in my voice 
But don't mistake it for weakness 
Or some kind of incompleteness 
Cause round about now 
I can feel it tingle-tangling 
It's coiled up inside me 
And it's ready to blow.. 

You never knew power, did you? 
Y'thought it fizzed in the overhead lines 
Burning steel and bone to carbon 
Saturn 5 in vertical climb 

You never knew power, did you? 
'thought it roared like Niagara Falls 
Or melted stone under volcanoes 
Earthquake-thunder lightning-storms 

The way I love you 
It's something you don't understand 
The way I love you 
Took more than I could imagine, even now 
You never knew power 
All the time you felt so strong 
But now you can't function awake or asleep 
As the meaningless world falls away from your feet 
And the universe ceases it's light-speed retreat 
Life was sweet in the meteor-shower 
Of the star-high divine 
When you sparkled and fell 
From heaven to hell 

And ten years grinding by in every hour 
I know all about power 

Listen to the rain 
You might feel a tremble 
You might feel it