I've been wrong
I had planned so big
But the devil's in my details
I left out one thing
No one to love me
For the want of the nail
The world was lost
For the want of the nail
The world was lost
The want of the nail
For the want of the nail
The shoe was lost
For the want of the shoe
The horse was lost
For the want of a horse
The rider was lost
For the want of the rider
The message was lost
For the want of the rider
The message was lost
For the want of the message
The battle was lost
For the want of the battle
The war was lost
For the want of the war
The kingdom was lost
I've been wrong
I had plans so big
But the devil's in my details
I left out one thing
No one to love me, no one to love me
No no no one to love me
No one to love me, and no one to love
What's all this talk 'bout horses and war
Put yourself in the place of the man at the forge
Day after day you live a life without love
Till the morning you can't take it anymore and you don't get up
Multiply it a billion times, spread it all around the world
Put the curse of loneliness on every boy and every girl
Until everybody's kicking, everybody's scratching
Everything seems to fail and it was all for the want of a nail
Tell me what else could the answer be, oh yeah
Don't hold back now
For the want of the nail
The world was lost
World was lost
World was lost
World was lost