Text: Todd Rundgren. Arena. Courage.

It?s good to be the king, I?ve heard it said
That?s why I let you put a crown on my head
Hoping that I?ll never be forced to fake
Actions that I?ll never have to take

I let you think I was a better man
With pretty words about how true I am
Humbly pretending to be brave and strong
Inside I?m wondering, what if I?m wrong?

Every once in a while you?ll see
Things are not what they seem to be
Like the moment you saw through me

Ah, but when push comes to shove
I had lost the thing I love
When I lost the courage of my convictions
(Courage of my convictions)

I never let you see my doubting side
I?ve always felt there?s things you can?t confide
I need to be what I need to be
However artificially

And now I haven?t got a thing to show
For all the posing and the bravado
You tested me and I had to fail

No longer am I a super male

I was proud and I had to fall
Now my image has grown so small
And to think that I had it all

Ah, but when push came to shove
I had lost the thing I love
When I lost the courage of my convictions
(Courage of my convictions)
And I live in constant fear
That I?ll never have you here
Til I find the courage of my convictions
(Courage of my convictions)

Ah, but when push comes to shove
I will have the thing I love
If I have the courage of my convictions
(Courage of my convictions)
And your heart I would enslave
And this whole world I would save
If I have the courage of my convictions
(Courage of my convictions