The problem is the alchemy It just might be the death of me Cause I know that I'm stuck but I'm not giving up that easy I know there's got to be a way to mix these things And somehow make The perfect recipe There simply has to be For years I've been a scientist respected and esteemed This lab became my home These formulas are my family When I'm sought out to find a cause it simply means one thing Failure's not allowed The truth will be revealed to me I've found the answer It's not what I was searching for, no It seems science can't explain In full detail everything to me My work has been in vain There's no way to replicate these things The evidence is on my desk and strewn about my lab But there's no cause to this effect something everything should have Now I retreat accept defeat Admit that I'm a fool For ever trying to explain the unexplainable I've found the answer It's not what I was searching for, no It seems science can't explain In full detail everything to me My work has been in vain There's no way to replicate these things What am I supposed to say Shall I tell them all to live by faith And stand there as they laugh right in my face There's no system, there's no method here And that's not the way we operate It seems science can't explain In full detail everything to me My work has been in vain There's no way to replicate these things It seems science can't explain