Bones will ache, hearts will break When living takes it toll, tears will fall Still all is well with my soul Storms will come, hide the sun And leave
The prayers that we pray in foxholes and funerals The songs that we sing in delivery rooms The questions we ask when nobody's listening But the man in
You can fill my crosswords in with ink Speak your mind before you think Wear your shoes inside my house Wear my clothes and wear me out You can lose
His love is always there No matter where you are His love is always greater than your fondest hopes And bigger than what you?re afraid of There is no
Farther than lands you have ever imagined Deeper than even the oceans of blue An open horizon is waiting like morning Waking the dreamer who's living
I was hoping You would write to me a message in the stars As if the stars themselves were not enough And I awaited Your arrival here from some place very
Let me hold you close, I know you're frightened Go ahead and cry, I understand You were safe and you were warm And then suddenly without a warning things
Sacrifices never made, desperate prayers I left un-prayed Forgiveness not asked for love not confessed Compromises all refused, coat of armor not removed
So much to learn in this modern age Sometimes it hurts my brain So much is new but we're still the same We all still search for happiness So I keep coming
Something's happening Down by the shore There is a blind man Who is not blind anymore Everybody's talking How can this be? A little mud, a gentle touch
Leaky faucet dripping in the kitchen Rubber squealing, watch out in the alley Mr. Marley's probably late for work again Birdie singing, telling me to
There?s an eerie stillness in my soul A cold complacency It?s been too long since I felt the Holy Ghost Stirring in me But I know it?s just the calm
We've got a good thing going So we've got to protect it They say people lose it When they least expect it Baby, I know it's true But I don't worry 'bout
What will people think? What will people say? I can't believe these questions scare me so What's it gonna take to get into the game What could be the
Do I annoy you with my optimism? Am I an insult to your realism? I got hope and just a little bit of passion And I know both those things have gone right
I still remember our first December The warmth of your touch and the spark in your eyes We took desire and built us a fire I know it will last us the
There's a time I can recall Four years old and three feet tall Trying to touch the stars and the cookie jar And both were out of reach And later on in
Translation: Carolyn Arends. Alter Of Ego.
