Can you lie next to her
and give her your heart, your heart,
as well as your body?
And can you lie next to her
and confess your love, your love
as well as your folly?
And can you kneel before the king
and say, “I’m clean, I’m clean.”
But tell me now where was my fault
in loving you with my whole heart?
Oh, tell me now where was my fault
in loving you with my whole heart?
A white blank page and a swelling rage, rage
You did not think
when you sent me to the brink, to the brink
You desired my attention
but denied my affections, my effections
So tell me now where was my fault
in loving you with my whole heart?
Oh, tell me now where was my fault
in loving you with my whole heart?
Lead me to the truth and I
will follow you with my whole life
Oh, lead me to the truth and I
will follow you with my whole lie
Rip the earth in two with your mind
And seal the urge which ensues with brass wires
I never meant you any harm
your tears feel warm as they fall on my forearms
I close my eyes for a while
And force from the world a patient smile
How can you say that your truth is better than ours
Shoulder to shoulder, now brother, we carry no arms
And the blind man sleeps in the doorway, his home
If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could have won
But I gave you all
I gave you all
I gave you all
I close my eyes for a while
and force from the world a patient smile
But I gave you all
I gave you all
I gave you all
And you rip it from my hands
and you swear it’s all gone
And you rip out all I have
just to say that you’ve won
And you rip it from my hands
and you swear it’s all gone
And you rip out all I have
just to say that you’ve won
You’ve won
Well now you’ve won
But I gave you all
I gave you all
I gave you all
Roll away your stone, I’ll roll away mine
Together we can see what we will find
Don’t leave me alone at this time
For I’m afraid of what I will discover inside
’Cause you told me I would find a hole
within the fragile substance of my soul
and I have filled this void with things unreal
and all the while my character it steals
And darkness is a harsh term, don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I see.
Seems that all my bridges have been burned
But you say that’s exactly how this grace thing works
It’s not the long walk home that will change this heart
But the welcome I receive with the restart
Darkness is a harsh term, don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I see
And darkness is a harsh term, don’t you think?
Yet it dominates the things I see
Stars, hide your fires,
These here are my desires
And I won’t give them up to you this time around
And so, I’ll be found with my stake stuck in this ground
Marking the territory of this newly impassioned soul
Hide your fires,
These here are my desires
And I won’t give them up to you this time around
And so, I’ll be found with my stake stuck in this ground
Marking the territory of this newly impassioned soul
But you, you’ve gone too far this time
You have neither reason nor rhyme
with which to take this soul that is so rightfully mine
I, I can’t promise you that I won’t let you down
And I, I can’t promise you that I will be the only one around
when your hope falls down
But we’re young; open flowers in the windy fields of this war-torn world
And love, this city breathes the plague of loving things more than their creators
I ran away
I could not take the burden of both me and you
It was too fast
Casting love on me as if it were a spell I could not break —
when it was a promise I could not make
What if I was wrong?
What if I was wrong?
Oh, what if I was wrong?
But hold on to what you believe, in the light,
when the darkness has robbed you of all your sight
And oh, hold on to what you believe, in the light,
when the darkness has robbed you of all your sight
And now this land means less and less to me
without you breathing through its trees
At every turn the water runs away from me and the halo disappears
and the hole when you’re not near
So what if I was wrong?
What if I was wrong?
Oh, what if I was wrong?
But hold on to what you believe, in the light,
When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight
And oh, hold on to what you believe, in the light,
When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight
So hold on to what you believed in the light.
