"TOUCH"

All songs by Sarah McLachlan except "Steaming", music
by Sarah McLachlan & Darren Phillips, lyrics by Sarah
McLachlan; and "Uphill Battle", music by Darren Phillips
and Sarah McLachlan.

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              Out of the Shadows
              Crouching down inside a deep ravine
              Those angry cries pass quickly by, he can't be seen
              So many ways spent hiding in so many undone plans
              Forgetting what it's like to fight when no one understands
              Close call there in the shadows
              There's a fear in the dark
              There's one out there
              All those memories, pain and anger, flood back one by one
              They must be just around the bend, they always come
              At night as I lay sleeping they come to me in herds
              Their lies remain, the dreams the same, it's only fleeting words
              No one calls there in the shadows
              There's no end to the dark
              But there's one out there, no one but me....
              The hours pass so slowly, the life's slipping out of me
              No way's the right way. Is there a way out for me?
              My life's slipping out...
              Rising up, the night is done, and now the bright lights come
              Held back in my pitied world where everything's undone
              A cold wind blows right through me, I'm made a hollow shell
              There's nothing left, just ash remains, enrich the soil, no soil, no soil...
              Close call there in the shadows
              There's an end to the dark
              'Cause there's someone out there
              Someone like me...
              The hours pass so slowly, the life's slipping out of me
              No way's the right way, is there a way out for me
              The hours pass so slowly
              The life's slipping out of me
              Is there a way out for me?
              The hours pass so slowly
              The life's slipping out of me
              Is there a way out for me?
              There must be a way out for me...

            Vox
              In the desert of my dreams I saw you there
              And I'm walking towards the water steaming body cold and bare
              But your words cut loose the fire and you left my soul to bleed
              And the pain that's in your truth's deceiving me, has got me scared
              Oh why?
              Through your eyes the strains of battle like a brooding storm
              Your up and down these pristine velvet walls like focus never forms
              My walls are getting wider and my eyes are drawn astray
              I see you now a vague deception of a dying day
              Oh why?
              I fall into the water and once more I turn to you
              and the crowds were standing staring faceless cutting off my view to you
              They start to limply flail their bodies in a twisted mime
              And I'm lost inside this tangled web in which I'm lain entwined
              You're gone and I'm lost inside this tangled web in which I'm lain entwined
              Oh why?
              Strange World
              We walk without a sound across a barren landscape
              Your eyes are twisted down to a dew entrailed ground
              We watch the stars as they slowly fade away and in the clearing sky I see
              The cold stone face of morning setting in on me
              It's a strange world
              It's a very strange world that leaves me
              Holding on to nothing when there's nothing left to lose
              Your touch is cold and damp, the devil's in your eyes
              I wonder why I always let you lead me on this way
              'Cause you see only what you want to see
              You feel only what you want to
              And I am on the outside of your strange world
              It's a strange world
              It's a very strange world that leaves me
              Holding on to nothing when there's nothing left to lose
              We're walking hand in hand, we'll walk this way forever
              Our eyes have risen to the water's edge watching with the tides
              The stars have fallen to another day and the sun warms our path to
              Find the reasons leave us far behind in our strange world
              It's a strange world
              It's a very strange world that leaves me
              Holding on to nothing when there's nothing left to lose
              Trust
              Somewhere deep inside me
              I hold a picture of a time long gone
              A time of ease and simple pleasures
              And days in shadows not so long
              Now with my mind I'm struggling
              Holding on to what I believe
              Listen to the fragments of my thoughts
              That leave me broken and deceived
              'Cause I don't know the way
              He said "I can take you there,
              I can show you places where our time has had no ware"
              And as we walked the plains
              The skies they opened wide
              Revealing all the shame for what's been lost inside us all
          CHORUS
              It's a day in the life
              In my mind I've seen it all
              Sometime soon for all to see
              The walls are slowly breaking down
              In my mind I've seen it all
              And someday we'll be free
              We're searching for a message
              Or so I thought but so it seems
              The ignorance in the myths of others
              Is easier to redeem
              I've never questioned the answers given
              To find the faith that's been lost within
              'Cause where I lay my trust in others
              Where it lies the ground is thin
              'Cause I don't know the way
              He said "I can take you there,
              I can show you places where our time has had no ware"
              And as we walked the plains
              The skies they opened wide
              Revealing all the shame for what's been lost inside us all
              CHORUS
              I know you say you love me
              If what you say is true
              So show me something that's not deceiving
              'Cause I wouldn't lie to you

              Touch
              (Instrumental)
              Steaming
              You're always waiting on the tide
              It's time you decide
              I've walked down long roads that seem to have no end at all
              You never wanted time to end
              To let my life offend
              It's time to realize what hides deep inside your holy eyes
              Hold on tight, hold on fast
              This ain't the kind that always lasts
              If you want me to go just ask me to go, I'll go
              All the way my love, over the hills and right on through you
              Run away my love, over the hills and right on through you
              Over the hills and right on through you
              Lying awake in these restless dreams
              Life's never what it seems
              I've always tried to read your eyes
              To get inside that scornful mind
              Hold on tight, hold on fast
              This ain't the kind that always lasts
              If you want me to go just ask me to go, I'll go
              All the way my love, over the hills and right on through you
              Run away my love, over the hills and right on through you
              Over the hills and right on through you
              I was with you on that pallet steaming
              Spinning 'round in circles dreaming
              I was with you on that pallet steaming
              Running 'round in circles screaming...
              All the way my love, over the hills and right on through you...
              Run away my love, over the hills and right on through
              All the way my love, over the hills and right on through you...
              Run away my love, over the hills and right on through
              Sad Clown
              A time so haunting moonlight in the mist
              Lay me down Beside you oh as long as it lasts
              From the river comes a Figure drifting slowly by
              Trailing long the water, leaving softer than a sigh
              Softer than a sigh
              All the feelings they remain like a still life
              A dying swan song forever lost your cries of glory
              The rain is falling down like silence in a shroud
              When All that really matters left to lose
              I'm all alone
              I'm all alone
              All the feelings they remain like a still life
              A dying swan song forever lost your cries of glory
              Walking from the shadows, a fear of sadness grows
              Your heart is in your hand your knowing looks
              Our Time is gone
              My time is gone
              Swan's dying song...
              Uphill Battle
              (Instrumental)
             Ben's Song
              On the hills of fire the darkest hour
              I was dreaming of my true love's pyre
              Who will bring a light to stoke the fire
              Fear not for you're still breathing
              On a winter's day
              I saw the life blood drained away
              A cold wind blows on a windless day
              Hear the cry for new life the morning's flame
              You were the brightest light that burned too soon in vain
              Who will bring you back from where there's no return
              Fear not for you're just dreaming
              On a winter's day
              I saw the life blood drained away
              A cold wind blows on a windless day



 
 

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