The short version: I'm trying to figure out what this lyric is: MP3 clip.
Have a guess before you read the clues below.
A few years ago there was a musical called Our House based on the songs of Madness.
What prompted this post is that I tried to correct all the mistakes in the transcription but I can't quite make out that one line. In the musical version of the song, the line is quite clearly "You say you fight for what you love, but in the end." The transcriber thought the lyric was, "And I thought that love would have coped but in the end." I'm fairly sure that's wrong.
Here is the full version from the musical (minor spoilers): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZVwyu0hst4
Here is the version released as Sarah's Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sS6EnpAxo8