Lou Reed: I wanna know

Under the intense scrutiny of Ligeia's eyesI have felt the full knowledgeAnd force of their expressionAnd yet been unable to possess itAnd have felt it leave meAs so many other things have leftThe letter half-readThe bottle half-drunkFindingFinding in the commonest objects of the universeA circle of analogiesOf metaphorsOoohhhFor that expressionWhich has been willfullyWithheld from meThe access to the inner soul deniedI wanna know, ooohhhI wanna knowI wanna know, ohI wanna knowIn considerationIn consideration of the faculties and impulsesOf the human soulOf the human soulIn considerationOf our arroganceOf our arroganceOur radical, primitive irreducible arrogance of reasonWe have all overlooked the propensityWe saw no need for itThe paradoxical something which we may call perversenessPerversenessThrough its promptings we act withoutComprehensible objectWe act for the reason we should notWe act for the reason we should notFor certain minds this is absolutely irre-, irre-IrresistibleIrresistibleThe conviction of the wrongOr impolicy of an actionIs often the unconquerable forceThe unconquerable forceIt is a primitive impulseIt is a primitive impulsePrimitive impulseThe overwhelming tendencyThe overwhelming tendency to doWrong for the wrong's sakeTo do wrong for the wrong's sakeWe persist in actsBecause we feel that weShould not persist in themBecause we feel we, feel weShould not persist, per-, persist in them, ahOoohhhSo I wanna knowI wanna knowI wanna knowI wanna knowI wanna, I wanna knowI wanna, IOoohhh, we persist in actionWe persist in actionWrong, wrong, wrong, wrongOoohhhWrong, wrongOh we persist in actionAh yeah yeahWhen you know that it's wrong