Please allow me to try and explain
I'm living proof that man can change
I knew what I wanted
I knew how to get it
It didn't make me happy
So I started again
What I wanted to be was
A family man
But nature had some
Alternative plans
So I did without the lot
Put emotion on hold
And hoped my instincts
Would do what they were told

I wanna know, yeah
I wanna know

But every now and then
Often at night
A particular feeling would surface in spite
Of what I'd told myself
And tried to deny
I kept on asking the question: Why?

Why? Why? why?
I wanna know

You grow up and experience this
A total metamorphosis
It's all about change
It's a metamorphosis

With time and age
I had to change
'Cause my behaviour
Was getting strange
People on the street
Caught my eye
And I began to think
I might be their kind of guy
The long-term suppression
Of an adolescent urge
Was in retreat
And I was on the verge
Of falling in love
Or having fun
Time was running out
Something had to be done

I wanna know, yeah
I wanna know

Where was I?
Laying down the law
Dancing with the others
Out on the floor
Music and smoke
What did it mean?
Somebody spoke
And I went into a dream
I had what I wanted
Madly in love
Nothing else mattered
This was enough
Questions were answered
Which used to perplex
In particular those about
The big s.e.x.

I wanna know, yeah
I wanna know
I wanna know, yeah
Tell me what's the reason
Tell me what's the reason

You grow up and experience this
A total metamorphosis
It's all about love
It's a metamorphosis

Dreaming is easy, life is tough
I got the picture
The most important thing
Is not to end up bitter
'Cause when you start to feel
Increasingly forlorner
Woomph! Love comes
Right around the corner
It may not last
But here am I
Once a caterpillar
Now a butterfly
It can seem strange
But when you reminisce
It's all about change
It's a metamorphosis

It's all about love
It's a metamorphosis