I've been roaming about the streets of New York City I've been strolling down the beaches of South France I've been to the desert, I've been to Scandinavia
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Caught in ambitions, but without any idea Focused on expectations, but driven be fear With irrational movements of no rhythm or rhyme We are performing
Here in this night In the darkest of hours I feel a cold wind that tells Of a storm front drawing near It speaks of greed and of hunger Of envy and dread
The wind and the rain And the deep blue sea Ahead and around As far as the eye can see Is it only cheap comfort Or an easy way out But did I have any
If we give up before we ever fought If we only do what we are told And think we know it all, but never really learnt If we turn the page before the page
Why don't you realise There are things that are so clear And pretend that everything is alright While you try to make believe That there ain't nothing
Your life and you, always had different plans And never shared one point of view So no one even comes halfway near you In terms of making their life a
I don't love you, and you don't love me But with no one else right now I'd rather be For since the day when we first met it seems that When it rains I
In a silent world I had lived without sight or sound In all that time You know I felt that shame But I put the blame on everyone around In all that time
Big sun, up in the sky You burn my skin And you hurt my eyes Big river, closing in upon us Our lives are swept away In your floods that rise The farmer
I'd go working in daytime Instead of staying out all night And if I felt bad and sick I'd pretend I'm alright Every day I'd bring you flowers I'd go
It's a golden age you say But not for those That choose to go their way And not the way you chose Why do you tell your son What he has got to do Why do
I may not be one to rely on Too often I'm not even there It may be that I don't care The way I should do And all of that may be unfair I know it's true
What a happy couple These two used to be Just like Romeo and Juliet In perfect harmony See them now... Every secret wish he ever had She read from his
There was a time when we were As close as hearts can be Your pain and fear, your dreams and hopes All that you shared with me I was just a child back