So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell
Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found? The same old fears
Wish you were here
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found? The same old fears
Wish you were here
We were so bright
Standing in the sunlight
Never got burnt, we were alright
Had that easy kind of love and I let it in
For a moment
Felt like we were floating
Baby, I swear, we were golden
It was easy, natural as breathing air
And when the sky went dark
You think I would have known
Before we let it get this far
I should have let you go
Now I gotta crawl outta love
Now I gotta crawl outta love
It's so fucking easy to fall in
But now that this ain't what you promised
And tell me how to crawl outta love
Tell me how to–
Now I gotta crawl outta, crawl outta love
Tell me how to–
Now I gotta crawl outta, crawl outta love
Got your words right
Always knew what to say in our fights
Look at us now, hard as I try
I get halfway up the wall and you pull me down
And when the sky went dark
You think I would have known
Before we let it get this far
I should have let you go
Now I gotta crawl outta love
Now I gotta crawl outta love
It's so fucking easy to fall in
But now that this ain't what you promised
Tell me how to crawl outta love
Now I gotta crawl outta, crawl outta love
Tell me how to–
Now I gotta crawl outta, crawl outta love
Crawl outta, crawl outta
Crawl outta, crawl outta love
Crawl outta, crawl outta
And when the sky went dark
You think I would have known
Before we let it get this far
I should have let you go
Now I gotta crawl outta love
Now I gotta crawl outta love
It's so fucking easy to fall in
But now that this ain't what you promised
Tell me how to crawl outta love
Now I gotta–
Tell me how to crawl outta, crawl outta love
Tell me how to–
Now I gotta crawl outta, crawl outta love
Time, yeah I keep wasting all my time
Yeah I keep trying to unwind-wind-wind
Why am I falling so behind?
I don't know what to say
And I don't know what to do
When you're falling out of love
When there's nothing else to lose
Except for time
Yeah I keep wasting all my time
I'm not okay, I'm not okay, I'm not okay
But I keep slipping
I'm not okay, I'm not okay, I'm not okay
But I keep slipping
But I keep slipping down
Yeah, we finally found a place to dwell
Could this be heaven? Feels like hell
Can I move on? It's hard to tell
Will someone tell me?
You wanna sail away
Out of darkness out of pain
Do you wanna really know how to
How to listen to your soul?
It just takes time
Yeah I keep wasting all my time
I'm not okay, I'm not okay, I'm not okay
But I keep slipping
I'm not okay, I'm not okay, I'm not okay
But I keep slipping
But I keep slipping down
Yeah I'm slipping down, away
Know I wanna talk to you
Roll around and walk with you
Stop hitting my heart
I won't quit I won't stop
Climbing over the top of you
Stop hitting my heart
I won't quit I won't stop
Climbing over the top
I'm climbing over the top of you
I won't quit I won't stop
Climbing over the top of you
I won't quit I won't stop
Climbing over the top of you
I'm not okay, I'm not okay
But I keep slipping down
We used to be giants
When did we stop?
Just say the word and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot
The hope and the hurt
Has lived inside of me
But there's gold in the dirt
I never took the time to see
But I knew of its worth
When you walked beside of me
And my hand fit in yours
Like a bird would find the breeze
We used to be giants
When did we stop?
Just say the word and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot
We were the song in the silence
But time catches up
Just say the word and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot
I knew from the start
You'd be the one to set me free
That day in the park
When the hurt would hide from me
Those eyes used to know me, it's been way too long
You are the moon and the stars, and all they gaze upon
Time won't ever move slowly, what you waiting on?
What you waiting on?
We used to be giants
When did we stop?
Say the word and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot
We were the song in the silence
But time catches up
Just say the word and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot
Darling
Just say you will
Will you remember those times?
That I have held until
Tonight
If you say you will
I'll leave it all behind
Don't you remember those times?
We used to be giants
So, when did we stop?
Just say the word and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot
We were the song in the silence
But time catches up
Just say the word and I'll be yours
You know I never forgot
We used to be giants
Giants
Oh, I still love you, though
I still love you, though
I love you
And I need you
Nelly, I love you
I do need you
No matter what I do (Woo!)
All I think about is you
Even when I'm with my boo
Boy, you know I'm crazy over you
No matter what I do
All I think about is you
Even when I'm with my boo
You know I'm crazy over you
I met this chick and she just moved right up the block from me
And uh, she got the hots for me
The finest thing my hood done seen
But oh no, oh no
She got a man and a son though
But that's okay 'cause I
Wait for my cue and just listen, play my position
Like a shortstop, pick up e'rything mami hittin'
And in no time, I plan to make this one here mine
And that's for sure 'cause I
I never been the type to break up a happy home, but uh
There's somethin' 'bout baby girl I just can't leave alone
So tell me, Ma, what's it gonna be?
She said: ("You don't know what you mean to me")
No matter what I do (Woo!)
All I think about is you (Uh-huh)
Even when I'm with my boo
Boy, you know I'm crazy over you
No matter what I do
All I think about is you
Even when I'm with my boo
You know I'm crazy over you
I see a lot, and you look, and I never say a word
I know how niggas start actin' trippin' out here about they girls
And there's no way
Nelly gon' fight over no dame
As you can see, but I
I like your steez, your style, your whole demeanor
The way you come through and holla
And swoop me in his two-seater
Now that's gangsta
And I got special ways to thank ya
Don't you forget it
But uh, it ain't that easy for you to pack up and leave him
But uh, you and dirty got ties for different reasons
I respect that, and right before I turn to leave
She said: ("You don't know what you mean to me")
No matter what I do (Woo!)
All I think about is you (Uh-huh)
Even when I'm with my boo
Boy, you know I'm crazy over you
No matter what I do
All I think about is you
Even when I'm with my boo
You know I'm crazy over you
Sing it for me, K!
I love you (Word?) and I need you
Nelly I love you, I do (Come on, girl)
And it's more than you'll ever know
Boy, it's for sure
You can always count on my love
Forevermore, yeah, yeah
East Coast, I know you shakin' right
Down South, I know you bouncin' right
West Coast, I know you walkin' right 'cause
(You don't know what you mean to me)
Midwest, I see you swingin' right
No matter what I do
All I think about is you
Even when I'm with my boo
Boy, you know I'm crazy over you
No matter what I do
All I think about is you
Even when I'm with my boo
You know I'm crazy over you
East Coast, I know you shakin' right
Down South, I know you bouncin' right
West Coast, I know you walkin' right, 'cause
(You don't know what you mean to me)
Midwest, I see you swingin' right
East Coast, you still shakin' right
Down South, I see you bouncin' right
West Coast, I know you walkin' right, 'cause
(You don't know what you mean to me)
Midwest, I see you swingin' right
No matter what I do (Woo!)
All I think about is you (Uh-huh)
Even when I'm with my boo
Boy, you know I'm crazy over you
No matter what I do
All I think about is you
Even when I'm with my boo
Boy, you know I'm crazy over you
No matter what I do
All I think about is you
Even when I'm with my boo
Boy, you know I'm crazy over you
East Coast, I know you shakin' right
Down South, I know you bouncin' right
West Coast, I know you walkin' right, 'cause
(You don't know what you mean to me)
Midwest, I see you swingin' right
East Coast, you still shakin' right
Down South, I see you bouncin' right
West Coast, I know you walkin' right, 'cause
(You don't know what you mean to me)
Midwest, I see you swingin' right
Na, na, na, na, ooh
Oh, no, oh, ayy
Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way
I'll be on the way
You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be a-all day
I'll be a-all day
Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way
I'll be on the way
You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be a-all day
I'll be a-all day
Yeah, yeah, yeah
This the type of shit that you been waiting all year for
Back in town for a minute if you with it (yeah)
Got a lot of time, I just need somewhere to spend it
I just press a button and the top go missing
I kept the slip so you know it's not rented, yeah, oh, oh
What you wanna do?
Worried 'bout your friends, they saw you this afternoon
I been reading your mind
No fair, but you gotta let me know
I'm all ears and I got a lot of room in my whip
If you wanna take it there, I'm on my way
Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way
I'll be on the way
You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be a-all day
I'll be a-all day
Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way
I'll be on the way
You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be a-all day
I'll be a-all day
(Dolla $ign, Dolla $ign)
Drop top the Porsche, put that bitch in sport
Out here in the field, oh yeah (yeah)
I'm already here, yeah
Come outside, looking like a snack
Hurry up, get in, hell yeah (yeah)
Come with me on this mission (ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Riding down the coast (ooh yeah)
I want that for sure (ooh yeah)
You say, "Play Khalid" (ooh yeah)
I say, "Pass the weed" (ooh yeah)
Pull up to the crib, oh
Said you've never been before
Put you in Provocateur, girl, I made you mi amor
You said you left your ex, that dude was always gassin'
You said before me, you ain't never been this happy
You took an L with him and winning ever since (ever since)
You hit my phone, I'm on my way, I cancel plans, yeah, yeah
Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way
I'll be on the way
You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be a-all day
I'll be a-all day
Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way
I'll be on the way
You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be a-all day
I'll be a-all day
You tryna make a move
Tonight I got the time, tell me what you wanna do
Call the squad if you wanna rendezvous
They gon' push up on they own, I only got room for two
From the 'jects on the set, it's a Porsche, not a 'Vette
I confess, I'ma flex till they show some respect
Get away so we can make sense of your life
You was in park but I just put your shit in drive
Now coast like there's no tomorrow
Moving too fast, I'm open to drive slow (yeah)
I don't want you to wonder where I go
Can learn a lot from this and that's something that I know
Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way
I'll be on the way
You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be a-all day
I'll be a-all day
Put it in drive, I'll be outside, I'll be on the way
I'll be on the way
You can meet me in five, I'll be all night, I'll be a-all day
I'll be a-all day
Oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
We couldn't turn around till we were upside down
I'll be the bad guy now, but know I ain't too proud
I couldn't be there even when I try
You don't believe it, we do this every time
Seasons change and our love went cold
Feed the flame 'cause we can't let go
Run away, but we're running in circles
Run away, run away
I dare you to do something
I'm waiting on you again, so I don't take the blame
Run away, but we're running in circles
Run away, run away, run away
Let go, I got a feeling that it's time to let go
I said so, I knew that this was doomed from the get-go
You thought that it was special, special
But it was just the sex though, the sex though
And I still hear the echoes (The echoes)
I got a feeling that it's time to let it go, let it go
Seasons change and our love went cold
Feed the flame 'cause we can't let go
Run away, but we're running in circles
Run away, run away
I dare you to do something
I'm waiting on you again, so I don't take the blame
Run away, but we're running in circles
Run away, run away, run away
Maybe you don't understand what I'm going through
It's only me, what you got to lose?
Make up your mind, tell me, what are you gonna do?
It's only me, let it go
Seasons change and our love went cold
Feed the flame 'cause we can't let go
Run away, but we're running in circles
Run away, run away
I dare you to do something
I'm waiting on you again, so I don't take the blame
Run away, but we're running in circles
Run away, run away, run away
Oh laissez-moi vivre comme je veux
Les pieds dans l'eau et la tête en feu
Oh laissez-moi vivre comme je veux
Sur des nuages, sous mon soleil bleu
Laissez-moi m'envoler
Toucher les étoiles, frôler les nuages
Défier mon histoire, laisse-moi m'égarer là où plus rien n'est égal
Même dans le noir, je veux sentir la terre,
La douceur minérale
Laisse-moi partir, même sans bagages
Caresser le vent
Je veux embrasser le monde,
Le prendre dans mes mains,
La route est longue et les rêves sont grands
Je veux marcher sans fin
Je veux fendre l'horizon
J'entends les montagnes et les étoiles m'attendent
Oh laissez-moi vivre comme je veux
Les pieds dans l'eau et la tête en feu
Oh laissez-moi vivre comme je veux
Sur des nuages, sous mon soleil bleu
Oh laissez-moi vivre comme je veux
Sous les étoiles, sous la lune en feu
Oh laissez-moi vivre comme je veux
Loin des problèmes, sous mon soleil bleu
Sentir l'odeur de la pluie sur la terre
Effleurer les pierres
Laisse-moi courir
Libre comme l'air
Laisse-moi donc briller plus d'un moment
Rêver sans frontières
Tracer des chemins que personne n'éclaire
C'est sûr, je n'attendrai pas demain
Ici et maintenant
Je me réinvente
Le monde m'attend
Libre des ombres, libre du temps
Est-ce que tu entends, oui
Ce doux refrain, comme une incantation
Oh laissez-moi vivre comme je veux
Les pieds dans l'eau et la tête en feu
Oh laissez-moi vivre comme je veux
Sur des nuages, sous mon soleil bleu
Oh laissez-moi vivre comme je veux
Sous les étoiles, sous la lune en feu
Oh laissez-moi vivre comme je veux
Loin des problèmes, sous mon soleil bleu
They say, "The holy water's watered down
And this town's lost its faith
Our colors will fade eventually"
So, if our time is runnin' out
Day after day
We'll make the mundane our masterpiece
Oh my, my
Oh my, my love
I take one look at you
You're takin' me out of the ordinary
I want you layin' me down 'til we're dead and buried
I'm on the edge of your knife, stayin' drunk on your vine
The angels up in the clouds are jealous knowin' we found
Somethin' so out of the ordinary
You got me kissin' the ground of your sanctuary
Shatter me with your touch, oh Lord, return me to dust
The angels up in the clouds are jealous knowin' we found
Hopeless hallelujah
On this side of Heaven's gate
Oh, my life, how do ya
Breathe and take my breath away?
At your altar, I will pray
You're the sculptor, I'm the clay
Oh my, my
You're takin' me out of the ordinary
I want you layin' me down 'til we're dead and buried
I'm on the edge of your knife, stayin' drunk on your vine
The angels up in the clouds are jealous knowin' we found
Somethin' so out (Out) of the ordinary (Ordinary)
You got me kissing the ground (Ground) of your sanctuary (Sanctuary)
Shatter me with your touch, oh Lord, return me to dust
The angels up in the clouds are jealous knowin' we found
Somethin' so heavenly, higher than ecstasy
Whenever you're next to me, oh my, my
World was in black and white until I saw your light
I thought you had to die to find
Somethin' so out of the ordinary
I want you laying me down 'til we're dead and buried
I'm on the edge of your knife, stayin' drunk on your vine
The angels up in the clouds are jealous knowin' we found
Somethin' so out (Out) of the ordinary
You got me kissing the ground (Ground) of your sanctuary (Sanctuary)
Shatter me with your touch, oh Lord, return me to dust
The angels up in the clouds are jealous knowin' we found
Come to me
Hold me close to your side
'Cause I still depend on your hurting words
Talk to me
Ease my need to be heard
Choke this flame that is burning our home
Are we strong enough to move on
From this never-ending loneliness?
Will we find the will to find hope?
Will our demons soon be laid to rest?
'Cause we're nothing but a shadow
Nothing but a shade
Nothing but a shadow
Nothing but a shade
Promise me
That one day when you're done
You will cut out this thorn from my heart
Because both of us are searching for a reason
A clue on why we have to carry on
So tell me why it feels like it is treason
To leave our home
'Cause we're nothing but a shadow
Nothing but a shade
Nothing but a shadow
Nothing but a shade
Time does nothing but help us heal
Still nothing will ever be as real
Nothing but a shadow
As the times we had
And that has now left our lives
Time does nothing but help us heal
Still nothing will ever be as real
Nothing but a shadow
As the times we had
And that has now left our lives
Never feared for anything Never shamed but never free A life that healed the broken heart with all that it could
Lived a life so endlessly Saw beyond what others see I tried to heal your broken heart with all that I could
Will you stay? Will you stay away forever?
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned Place and time always on my mind I have so much to say but you're so far away
Plans of what our futures hold Foolish lies of growing old It seems we're so invincible The truth is so cold
A final song, a last request A perfect chapter laid to rest Now and then I try to find A place in my mind Where you can stay You can stay awake forever
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned Place and time always on my mind I have so much to say but you're so far away
Sleep tight, I'm not afraid (not afraid) The ones that we love are here with me Lay away a place for me (place for me) 'Cause as soon as I'm done I'll be on my way To live eternally
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned Place and time always on my mind And the light you left remains But it's so hard to stay When I have so much to say and you're so far away
I love you, you were ready The pain is strong and urges rise But I'll see you, when He lets me Your pain is gone, your hands untied
So far away (so far) And I need you to know So far away (so far) And I need you to, need you to know
Somewhere in the distance
I hear the bells ring
Darkness settles on the town
As the children start to sing
And the lady across the street
She shuts out the night
A cast of thousands waiting
As she turns out the light
But it's too late, too late, too late
Too late for love
Too late, too late, too late
Too late
London boys are gazing
Girls go hand-in-hand
A pocket full of innocence
Their entrance is grand
The queen of the dream
Stands before them all
She stretches out her hand
As the curtain starts to fall
But it's too late, too late, too late
Too late for love
Too late, too late, it's too late
Too late
Standing by the trapdoor, aware of me and you
The actor and the clown, they're waiting for their cue
And there's a lady over there, she's acting pretty cool
But when it comes to playing life, she always plays the fool
But it's too late, too late, it's too late
Too late for love
Too late, it's too late, too late
Too late
Is it all too late?
Much too late?
Can't you see it's all too late?
Yeah, it's too late
Too late, too late, too late
Too late for love
Too late, too late, too late
Too late
Too late, too late, too late
Too late for love
Too late, too late, too late
Too late
Sneakin' thru the front door Sits down next to me She ordered up a double A Tanqueray martini She slammed it back in one shot Said martinis make her sneeze She slid up nice 'n cozy And she whispered, "Daddy, please"
Now that I got a wife and family They gonna wonder where I been (yeah, where you been) With a cocktail and a short skirt Here comes trouble again (c'mon)
Dice game in the backroom Rent check in my hand (Aham) Looking for a seven The dice got better plans I like to play the ponies I'm at the track all week (Yeah) It's hard to handicap 'em When you're on a losing streak
Now, friends, my wife told me Friday She'd like to see my gamblin' end (Oh, mercy) Getting' hard to be a good man Here comes trouble again (Always trouble again)
Oh, here comes trouble again (Yeah) Oh, just like he was my friend Here comes trouble again (Trouble again) (Trouble again)
The government called me Monday Said something about some scratch I tried to call them Tuesday I said, "I ain't got the cash" They called the house on Wednesday, right? Said, "If I don't have it soon" (Oh yeah...) "They're gonna make a reservation" "For a six-by-eight foot room"
Now ladies and gentlemen, I got a wife and family (Look out) Please don't take me to the pen (Don't take me!) Pullin' 2 to 5 in Clinton Here comes trouble again (Here comes, here comes, here comes) Oh, here comes trouble again Oo oh, smiling like he was my friend Here comes trouble again
Every time I think of you
I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue
It's no problem of mine, but it's a problem I find
Living a life that I can't leave behind
There's no sense in telling me
The wisdom of the fool won't set you free
But that's the way that it goes and it's what nobody knows
Well, every day my confusion grows
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
I feel fine and I feel good
I'm feeling like I never should
Whenever I get this way, I just don't know what to say
Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday?
I'm not sure what this could mean
I don't think you're what you seem
I do admit to myself that if I hurt someone else
Then I'll never see just what we're meant to be
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
Here I am, this is me
There's nowhere else on earth I'd rather be
Here I am, it's just me and you
Tonight we make our dreams come true
It's a new world, it's a new start
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day, it's a new plan
I've been waiting for you
Here I am
Here I am
Here we are, we've just begun
And after all this time, our time has come
Yeah here we are, still going strong
Right here in the place where we belong
It's a new world, it's a new start
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day, it's a new plan
I've been waiting for you
Here I am
Yeah, here I am
Here I am
Waiting for you!
Here I am, this is me
There's nowhere else on earth I'd rather be
Here I am, it's just me and you
Tonight we make our dreams come true
It's a new world, it's a new start
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day, it's a new plan
I've been waiting for you
(waiting, waiting, waiting)
It's a new world, it's a new start
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day, it's a new plan
I've been waiting for you
(waiting, waiting, waiting)
Here I am
(Here I am)
Here I am
(Here I am)
Here I am
(Here I am)
Right next to you
(Here I am)
And suddenly the world is all brand new
Here I am
(Here I am)
Here I am
(Here I am)
I'm gonna stay
Now there's nothing standing in our way
Here I am
Here I am, this is me
Dreamin' of brighter days, sinkin' into your ocean
Imagining your face, one hit of serotonin
I got some ties that I'll never cut loose
I gotta find a way to bottle my emotions
But when I need a taste, I crack a bottle open
I catch myself whistling the same tune
Aye, memories of summertime
They help me survive
Oh, I'm dancing with your ghost again
Twistin' me in circles, slipping through my hands
Crystal clear, it's like you never left
Paint the walls and chase the shadows on the floor
Dancing with your ghost
Still tryna find a way
Still tryna find a reason
No one can imitate the way you hurt my feelings
Tangled and tied to the way that you move, yeah
No, it don't matter where you are
I feel the love below
You say you love me when my eyes are closed
I'm dancing with your ghost again
Twistin' me in circles, slipping through my hands
Crystal clear, it's like you never left
Wet the knife and run the blade across the stone
Dancing with your ghost
Yeah, memories of summertime
They help me survive
Oh, I'm dancing with your ghost again
Twistin' me in circles, slipping through my hands
Crystal clear, it's like you never left
Only get to feel your love when I'm alone
Dancing with your ghost
Oh
Oh-oh
Dancing with your ghost
(But the scars remain)
Staring into the mirror's edge
Broken glass like a spiderweb
And I can't help but wonder if that's how you see me
I must admit I'm a broken man
You're the one that knows who I am
Always brave when you should be afraid of the real me
Will I ever stop the bleeding?
The scars on my heart
Keep tearing us apart
In the heat of battle, battle, battle
Well the wounds may heal
But the scars on my heart
Keep tearing us apart
In the heat of battle, battle, battle
Well the wounds may heal
But the scars remain
(But the scars remain)
Some will say that I have regrets
But that's the last thing that I've got left
Keep 'em frantic I'm drown in the dark in my memory
You always break my defenses down
Save me more times than I can count
And I love that you're stubborn in the way that you love me
Will I ever stop the bleeding?
The scars on my heart
Keep tearing us apart
In the heat of battle, battle, battle
Well the wounds may heal
But the scars on my heart
Keep tearing us apart
In the heat of battle, battle, battle
Well the wounds may heal
But the scars remain
I hope it's not too late
To embrace what I can't change
I've been in the dark, trying to find the spark
'Cause there's nothing I can save
Didn't know if we'd survive
But then I found it in your eyes
This ain't the end for you and I
The scars on my heart
Keep tearing us apart
In the heat of battle, battle, battle
Well the wounds may heal
But the scars on my heart
Keep tearing us apart
In the heat of battle, battle, battle
Well the wounds may heal
But the scars on my heart
Keep tearing us apart
In the heat of battle, battle, battle
Well the wounds may heal
But the scars remain
I hope it's not too late
To embrace what I can't change
Well the wounds may heal
But the scars remain
Didn't know if we'd survive
But then I found it in your eyes
Well the wounds may heal
But the scars remain
(But the scars remain)
A carved oak table
Tells a tale
Of times when kings and queens sipped wine from goblets gold
And the brave would lead their ladies from out of the room
To arbours cool
A time of valour, and legends born
A time when honour meant much more to a man than life
And the days knew only strife to tell right from wrong
Through lance and sword
Why, why can we never be sure 'til we die
Or have killed for an answer?
Why, why do we suffer each race to believe
That no race has been grander?
It seems because through time and space
Though names may change each face retains the mask it wore
A dusty table
Musty smells
Tarnished silver lies discarded upon the floor
Only feeble light descends through a film of grey
That scars the panes
Gone the carving
And those who left their mark
Gone the kings and queens now only the rats hold sway
And the weak must die according to nature's law
As old as they
Why, why can we never be sure 'til we die
Or have killed for an answer?
Why, why do we suffer each race to believe
That no race has been grander?
It seems because through time and space
Though names may change each face retains the mask it wore
Watcher of the skies, watcher of all
His is a world alone, no world is his own
He whom life can no longer surprise
Raising his eyes, beholds a planet unknown
Creatures shaped this planet's soil
Now their reign has come to end
Has life again destroyed life?
Do they play elsewhere?
Do they know more than their childhood games?
Maybe the lizard's shed its tail
This is the end of man's long union with Earth
Judge not this race by empty remains
Do you judge God by his creatures
When they are dead?
For now, the lizard's shed its tail
This is the end of man's long union with Earth
From life alone to life as one
Think not now your journey's done
For though your ship be sturdy
No mercy has the sea
Will you survive on the ocean of being?
Come ancient children, hear what I say
This is my parting counsel for you on your way
Sadly now, your thoughts turn to the stars
Where we have gone
You know you never can go
Watcher of the skies, watcher of all
This is your fate alone, this fate is your own
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
Had to listen had no choice
I did not believe the information
I just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom boom
"Son," he said "Grab your things,
I've come to take you home."
To keep in silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Though my life was in a rut
'Til I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" he said "Grab your things
I've come to take you home."
(Ay, back home.)
When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" I said "You can keep my things,
they've come to take me home."
He rode in from the west with an eye for a dollar to make He pitched us a sale about healing and oil from a snake The barkeep, he warned him, but the man did not comprehend How strangers 'round here disappear like straw in the wind
Too young, but in love when she met him in some northern town He treated her good 'til the sun and the whiskey went down Did the bruise on her face test the patience of all of her kin? Or do strangers 'round here disappear like straw in the wind?
Ol' Jim runs his mouth when he drinks since his wife passed away But he's good to the kids and the crops that he sells are fair trade But a travelin' man heard enough and took a pipe to his chin That traveling man disappeared like straw in the wind
If the mouth of this river could talk, here's what it would say: "If you come here with good in your heart, you'll be on your way "But I'm not the one here who judged another man's sin "Or made strangers 'round here disappear like straw in the wind" Strangers 'round here disappear like straw in the wind
