Listen as the wind blows from across the great divide / voices trapped
in yearning, memories trapped in time / the night is my companion, and
solitude my guide / would I spend forever here and not be satisfied? /
and I would be the one / to hold you down / kiss you so hard / I'll take
your breath away / and after, I'd wipe away the tears / just close your
eyes dear / Through this world I've stumbled / so many times betrayed /
trying to find an honest word to find / the truth enslaved / oh you speak
to me in riddles / and you speak to me in rhymes / my body aches to breathe
your breath / your words keep me alive / And I would be the one / to hold
you down / kiss you so hard / I'll take your breath away / and after, I'd
wipe away the tears / just close your eyes dear / Into this night I wander
/ it's morning that I dread / another day of knowing of / the path I fear
to tread / oh into the sea of waking dreams / I follow without pride / nothing
stands between us here / and I won't be denied / and I would be the one
/ to hold you down / kiss you so hard / I'll take your breath away / and
after, I'd wipe away the tears / just close your eyes...
Wait
Under a blackened sky / far beyond the glaring streetlights / sleeping
on empty dreams / the vultures lie in wait / You lay down / beside me then
/ you were with me every waking hour / so close I could feel your breath
/ When all we wanted was the dream / to have and to hold that precious
little thing / like every generation yields / the new born hope unjaded
by their years / Pressed up against the glass / I found myself wanting
sympathy / but to be consumed again / oh I know would be the death of me
/ and there is a love that's inherently given / a kind of blindness offered
to appease / and in that light of forbidden joy / oh I know I won't receive
it / When all we wanted was the dream / to have and to hold that precious
little thing / like every generation yields / the newborn hope unjaded by their years / You know if I leave you now
/ it doesn't mean that I love you any less / it's just the state I'm in
/ I can't be good to anyone else like this / When all we wanted was the
dream / to have and to hold that precious little thing / like every generation
yields / the new born hope unjaded by their years...
Plenty
I looked into your eyes / they told me plenty / I already knew / you never
felt a thing / so soon forgotten all that you do / in more than words I
/ tried to tell you / the more I tried I failed / I would not let myself
believe / that you might stray / and I would stand by you / no matter what
they'd say, I would have thought I'd be with you / until my dying day /
until my dying day / I used to think my life / was often empty / a lonely
space to fill / you hurt me more than / I ever would have imagined / you
made my world stand still / and in that stillness / there was a freedom
/ I never felt before / I would not let myself believe / that you might
stray / and I would stand by you / no matter what they'd say, I would have
thought I'd be with you / until my dying day / until my dying day
Good Enough
Hey your glass is empty / it's a hell of a long way home / why don't you
let me take you / it's no good to go alone / I never would have opened
up / but you seemed so real to me / after all the bullshit I've heard /
it's refreshing not to see / I don't have to pretend / she doesn't expect
it from me / Don't tell me I haven't been good to you / don't tell me I
have never been there for you / don't tell me why / nothing is good enough
/ Hey little girl would you like some candy / your momma said that it's
OK / The door is open come on outside / no I can't come out today / it's
not the wind that cracked your shoulder / and threw you to the ground /
who's there that makes you so afraid / you're shaken to the bone / and
I don't understand / you deserve so much more than this / So don't tell
me why / he's never been good to you / don't tell me why / he's never been
there for you / don't you know that why / is simply not good enough / so
just let me try / and I will be good to you / just let me try / and I will
be there for you / I'll show you why / you're so much more than good enough...
Mary
Mary walks / down to the water's edge / and there she hangs her head /
to find herself faded / a shadow of what she once was / She said "How long have I been sleeping / and why do I feel so old
/ why do I feel so cold / my heart is saying one thing but my body won't
let go" / With trembling hands she reaches up / a stranger's flesh is offered
/ and I would be the last to know / I would be the last the let it show
/ I would be the last to go / Take her hand / she will lead you through
the fire / give you back hope / and hope that you won't take too much /
respecting what is left / she cradled us / she held us in her arms / unselfish
in her suffering she could not understand / that no one seemed to have
the time / to cherish what was given / and I would be the last to know
/ and I would be the last to let it show / I would be the last to go...
/ Mary walks...
Elsewhere
I love the time and in between / the calm inside me / in the space where
I can breathe / I believe there is a / distance I have wandered / to touch
upon the years of / reaching out and reaching in / holding out holding
in / I believe / this is heaven to no one else but me / and I'll defend
it as long as I can be / left here to linger in silence / if I choose to
/ would you try to understand / I know this love is passing time / passing
through like liquid / I am drunk in my desire... / but I love the way you
smile at me / I love the way your hands reach out and hold me near... /
I believe... / I believe / this is heaven to no one else but me / and I'll
defend it as long as / I can be left here to linger in silence / if I choose
to / would you try to understand / Oh the quiet child / awaits the day
when she can break free / the mold that clings like desperation / Mother
can't you see I've got / to live my life the way I feel is right for me
/ might not be right for you but it's right for me... / I believe... /
I believe / this is heaven to no one else but me / and I'll defend it as
long as / I can be left here to linger in silence / if I choose to / would
you try to understand it / I would like to linger here in silence / if
I choose to / would you understand it / would you try to understand...
Circle
There are two of us talking in circles / and one of us who wants to leave
/ in a world created for only us / an empty cage that has no key / don't
you know we're working with flesh and blood / carving out of jealousy /
Crawling into each other it's smothering / every little part of me / What
kind of love is this that keeps me / hanging on / despite everything it's
doing to me / what is this love that keeps me coming / back for more /
when it will only end in misery / I know too many people unhappy / in a
life from which they'd love to flee / watching others get everything offered
/ they're wanton for discovery / Oh my brother my sister my mother / you're
loosing your identity / can't you see that it's you in the window / shining
with intensity / What kind of love is this that keeps me / hanging on /
despite everything it's doing to me / what is this love that keeps me coming
/ back for more / when it will only end in misery...
Ice
The ice is thin come on dive in / underneath my lucid skin / the cold is
lost, forgotten / Hours pass days pass time stands still / light gets dark
and darkness fills / my secret heart forbidden... I think you worried for
me then / the subtle ways that I'd give in but I know / you liked the show
/ tied down to this bed of shame / you tried to move around the pain but
oh / your soul is anchored / The only comfort is the moving of the river
/ You enter into me, a lie upon your lips / offer what you can, I'll take
all that I can get / only a fool's here... / I don't like your tragic sighs
/ as if your god has passed you by well hey fool / that's your deception
/ your angels speak with jilted tongues / the serpent's tale has come undone
you have no / strength to squander / The only comfort is the moving of
the river / You enter into me, a lie upon your lips / offer what you can,
I'll take all that I can get / only a fool's here to stay / only a fool's
here to stay / only a fool's here...
Hold On
Hold on / Hold on to yourself / for this is gonna hurt like hell / Hold
on / Hold on to yourself / you know that only time will tell / What is
it in me that refuses to believe / this isn't easier than the real thing
/ My love / you know that you're my best friend / you know I'd do anything
for you / my love / let nothing come between us / my love for you is strong
and true / Am I in heaven here or am I... / at the crossroads I am standing
/ So now you're sleeping peaceful / I lie awake and pray / that you'll
be strong tomorrow and we'll / see another day and we will praise it /
and love the light that brings a smile / across your face / Oh god if you're
out there won't you hear me / I know that we've never talked before / oh
god the man I love is leaving / won't you take him when he comes to your
door / Am I in heaven here or am I in hell / at the crossroads I am standing
/ So now you're sleeping peaceful / I lie awake and pray / that you'll
be strong tomorrow and we'll / see another day and we will praise it /
and love the light that brings a smile / across your face... / Hold on
/ hold on to yourself / for this is gonna hurt like hell
Ice Cream
Your love is better than ice cream / better than anything else that I've
tried / and your love is better than ice cream / everyone here know how
to fight / and it's a long way down / it's a long way down / it's a long
way down to the place / where we started from / Your love is better than
chocolate / better than anything else that I've tried / oh love is better
than chocolate / everyone here knows how to cry / it's a long way down
/ it's a long way down / it's a long way down to the place / where we started
from...
Fear
Morning smiles / like the face of a newborn child / innocent unknowing
/ Winter's end / promises of a long lost friend / speaks to me of comfort
/ but I fear / I have nothing to give / I have so much to lose / here in
this lonely place / tangled up in our embrace / there's nothing I'd like / better than to fall / but I fear I have
nothing to give / Wind in time / rapes the flower trembling on the vine
/ nothing yields to shelter it / from above / they say temptation will
destroy our love / the never ending hunger / but I fear / I have nothing
to give /I have so much to lose / here in this lonely place / tangled up
in our embrace / there's nothing I'd like / better than to fall / but I
fear / I have nothing to give / I have so much to lose / I have nothing
to give / We have so much to lose...
Fumbling Towards
Ecstasy
All the fear has left me now / I'm not frightened anymore / It's my heart
that pounds beneath my flesh / it's my mouth that pushes out this breath
/ and if I shed a tear I won't cage it / I won't fear love / and if I feel
a rage I won't deny it / I won't fear love / Companion to our demons /
they will dance, and we will play / With chairs, candles, and cloth / making
darkness in the day / It will be easy to look in or out / upstream or down
without a thought / and if I shed a tear I won't cage it / I won't fear
love / and if I feel a rage I won't deny it / I won't fear love / Peace
in the struggle / to find peace / comfort on the way / to comfort / and
if I shed a tear I won't cage it / I won't fear love / and if I feel a
rage I won't deny it / I won't fear love / I won't fear love / I won't
fear love...
