In my final darkened hour
You will come for me
Hold a hand tell a tale
Tell me what to do

When the lights are burning out
You will guide me home
Away from blind confusing time
Straight back home to me

Living inside a dream
Living inside a wicked dream
Living inside a dream
Living inside a wicked dream
Beauty is all but easy now

Scared of life scared of dying
Shelter by your side
Sleep in peaceful silent night
Until the day is through

Living inside a dream
Living inside a wicked dream
Living inside a dream
Living inside a wicked dream
Living inside a dream
Feel like I'm living inside a wicked dream
Living inside a dream
Living inside a wicked dream
Beauty is all but easy now

Never I'll be
So entirely free
So completely untied to the ground
As the day when I heard
The pavilion bird
Make her strange and beautiful sound

I laid me down
By the Traveller's Pond
And I opened my ears and my heart
And I let that call
Take a hold of my all
With its singing work of art

A sound so pure
Deeper still
Away from life
Away from will

Now whenever I see
A pavilion tree
I put my ear to the sky
But there's never a sound
No it can't be found
And you know the reason why

The day is old
The sun is cold
Since we no longer speak
No birds will sing
No bells will ring
Since we no longer speak

It's a walk in the sunniest of parks
It's your home
It's your family
Grow up in the grace of your mom
Stepping outside
Carrying the world in your hands
As you smile with your friends
As you laugh as you dance
As the music is playing
Always music is playing
In your ears in your head in your bones
And you take on it
And you become a part of it
And it lingers forever on in your heart
It's art or at least you want it to be
But it's big and it's vast
And it's getting hard to grasp
Where it starts and where it ends
And if it can make any sense
To dedicate your life to singing
You say nothing is real anyways
Might as well keep on doing
What makes you feel good inside

So there you go
Rhyming in the countryside of life
Where time is moving slow
But not in your head
Where things are spinning
Sometimes out of control
Like what if I'm not any good
What if none of these dreams will come true
What should I do
And what do they think about me
What if all I am doing is doing it wrong
What if there is no reward
What if all you will find is a stone
What if I'm alone
And so it goes
And sometimes you stare in the mirror
But you don't know what you see
How can I be sure that guy is really me
Reality dissolves
Oh how easy you can make
Reality dissolve

So here you are
Not that old but far from forever young
Little ones around your feet
Diamonds and gold around your feet
Seasons pass weather change
Friends appear some remain
It's all a play
Who's in it
You don't know
It's not like your in control
Just trying to get your lines right
Trying to catch some limelight
Pandemic hits war strikes
Nature collapses your mother dies
And through it all you're OK
Mostly OK
Walking about carrying the world in your hands
As you smile with your friends
As you laugh as you dance
As the music is playing
Always music is playing
In your ears in your head in your bones
In your dreams

Don't really want to be here
Don't want to face it all
Feel like I'm in a Shakespeare
Stuck in an empty hall

I know you hate it
And that you had enough
Feeling jaded
It's getting rough

He's your one companion
He is always there
The stream in the canyon
The final care

But now he's tired
Tired just like you
It's undesired
But also true

Rise up rise up
Rise again
Loose your sickness and rise
Rise once again
Rise up rise up
Rise again
Please turn back the time
Rise once again

In a room of silence
Your breath is all we hear
Breathing filled with violence
Fighting to stay clear

I started singing
Every song I knew
I got the feeling
You were singing to

Rise up rise up
Rise again
Loose your sickness and rise
Rise once again
Rise up rise up
Rise again
Please turn back the time
Rise once again

Of all the ways of burning out
I'll choose the way you lit up the sky on your way out
Of all the ways of fading out
I'll go with your way
Any day now

And if there's no heaven found
I'm going to make my way down below now
If nothing more than just to see the wonder of your face again

And if there's no heaven found
I'm going to make my way down below now
If nothing more than just to see the wonder of your face again

Never did I loose my wishing
Never did I loose my dream
Never did I loose my faith in
The future I'd seen

Even if the blood was dripping
Even if my feet were sore
Even if I couldn't tell you
What I was doing it for

Traveling onward
Moving ahead
Walking down a dirt road
Colored in red
Putting my heart out
Singing my song
Trying to find the picture
In where I belong

Always thought I knew me
Always felt so sure
Now all is changing
Just don't know anymore

Something is coming on
The Unknown, The Hidden One
Got to find a way to keep from getting older
Got to stay on my feet a bit longer

Traveling onward
Moving ahead
Walking down a dirt road
Colored in red
Putting my heart out
Singing my song
Trying to find the picture
In where I belong

When sunlight shines upon your path
And faith is in your heart
And you breath the air with a lightened mind
Like nothing was ever dark
When birds sing into your ear
And the month is blooming May
And the echo of your yesteryear
Has faded all away
All away

When the hour is full
When the bell ring out
When you lift up your weary head
When the week is done
When you're walking home
When you lie down in your bed
When white clouds sail across the sky
And the sun is setting low
And the great, wide open wilderness
Is where you want to go
Want to go

Then let me hold your hand
And let me follow where you lead
I want to see the places
That you visit in your sleep

Oh, let me hold your hand
And let me follow where you lead
I want to see the places
That you visit in your sleep

Then
Along with joy
Along with play
Along with words
Along with love
Was us

Behind the willow tree
Out on the lake
Along the shore
Up on the hill
Below the sky
We were

Always side by side
Always eye to eye
Never far apart
Always heart by heart

Now
Aside from loss
Aside from hurt
Aside from pain
Aside from tears
Is not
Is not
Is not

On a train to see a distant place
Bought no ticket in advance
Fell asleep as soon as we rolled out of the station

In my dream I saw a woman's face
She looked old, but still so young
She called out my name and grabbed me by the hand

Suddenly skies appeared,
we were flying through the air
I looked for the ground below,
but it just wasn't there

Fast awake! "May I have your ticket, sir?"
My dream was dead and gone
Somewhat sad, I never got that lady's name

Standing on the back of the train, watching the tracks disappear below my feet
Looking out in the cold, dead night
I'm gonna lay it all, gonna lay it all behind
I'm gonna lay it all, lay it all behind
Lay it all behind

I saw the beaten one
I watched him fall
Left with the fear of becoming a fading one
Out of the light, into the grey

We called for another fight
Show must go on
Stakes are high, winner takes it all
No time for losers in our show

You wrap it up and send it off for distribution
You pay someone to make it look real good
You make a noise, provocative and populistic
You post it to your blog
You take off all your clothes and start a minor riot
Despite the fame, you're only human after all

Some say "We will never learn"
Some say "We are doomed
to smash our heads against one another,
to race for the top and never be free"

I believe
I belong
I believe
I belong

Here
With you
By your side
In your arms

Day and night
Night and day
Day and night
Night and day

No fear in my heart
No load on my soul
No black in my sky
No shadow on my ground

'Cause I've been walking the garden where love is
I've been sleeping with heavens above me
I've been hearing the birds, their story
I've been watching your eyes, their glory

I will never need nothing more than this
I will never ask for another wish
I'm just gonna lie down and close my eyes
And go to sleep by your side

I believe
I belong
I believe
I belong
Here

Trees are growing in my yard again
Growing high up to the sky
Rising up against all evil men
Standing tall and reaching wide

Planes are flying across the ocean
Bound for London and New York
Filled with spirit and devotion
to teach a different kind of walk

Let go, let go, let go of jealousy
Look me in the eyes
You're holding the key, your remedy
A love that never dies

See the golden new horizon
A shining queen in the Far East
Warm our hearts, ease the tension
May the daylight never cease

Let go, let go, let go of jealousy
Look me in the eyes
You're holding the key, your remedy
A love that never dies

Trees are growing in my yard again
Growing high up to the sky
Rising up against all evil men
Standing tall and reaching wide

I head out in waters of amber
I leave all behind
I'll drop you a line by the end of november
I'll be so fine

I walk through the meadow
I sleep on the ground
I follow the sparrow
I'm guided by her sound

Southbound, I'm running away
Away from this cold night
I'll return with a brighter day
I will bring back the sunlight

These are my anxieties
My old and innermost fears
I look for the sun in a big, grey sky
But nowhere to be found
Nowhere
Nowhere

So I set sail in the evening breeze
I'm sailing away
Release the stern line, please
I'll see you in may

Don't be saddened by my leaving
I'm still your beloved friend
I just got to get away from this feeling
Get away from myself

I walk through the meadow
I sleep on the ground
I follow the sparrow
I'm guided by her sound
By her sound
By her sound

We went out walking
In early may
We started talking
Along the way

The salty waters
A southern sun
Your older brothers
My only one

In days of sadness
Through times of peace
My streak of madness
Your soothing breeze

The turning season
The traveling star
I don't need a reason
I'll be where you are

In days of sadness
Through times of peace
My streak of madness
Your soothing breeze
In days of sadness
Through times of peace
My streak of madness
Your soothing breeze

I won't be leaving
I'll stay right here
I trust this feeling
I have no fear

Open my eyes in the hour of sunrise
Entering life once more
Dreaming is nice, reality somewise
Entering life by default

Me and my guys got a thing of our own now
Hiding away from you all
Leaving this place, walking away now
Walking away from it all

Farewell to you people
Farewell to you all
May the good Lord watch over you
I've seen what you're made of
and what you can do
Yes, I have seen the things you do

No one will smell the trees or the flowers
growing inside of our yard
No one will hear this music of ours
Playing inside of our hearts
Playing inside of our hearts

Farewell to you people
Farewell to you all
May the good Lord watch over you
I've seen what you're made of
and what you can do
Yes, I have seen the things you do

Open my eyes in the hour of sunrise
Entering life once more
Dreaming is nice, reality somewise
Entering life by default
Entering life by default

It's not all that much I am asking for
It's not all that much I need
It's not very many things I dream of
It's not very many things at all

It's not how you always have known me
It's not what I was like in the past
It's not even something you have seen in me
It's not really like me at all

Still in those eons and seconds
When I heard your call
Got all that I need in your presence
You bring it all

Ocean wide
Sea and sky
Reflecting in your eyes
Moon and sun
My only one
Fills my mind with stillness

Not any of the items in their window
Not any of the pictures on their wall
Not anything they can offer me
Not anything like that at all

Lost in those eons and seconds
When I heard your call
Got all that I need in your presence
You bring it all

Ocean wide
Sea and sky
Reflecting in your eyes
Moon and sun
My only one
Fills my mind with stillness

Moon and sun
My only one
Sea and sky
Ocean wide

Can you feel how everything just, tick-tack slow?
Every time we meet in places like here
Though it's really long since we spent time
I still can hear every sigh in your heart

So you ask, what changes have I made since last time?
What about love and friends and hopes and plans and dreams
Well you know, some days have passed me by
but I have not found any more of your kind

Though some time has passed
I sometimes wonder why our story did not last

Will you be a shadow in my past a ghost
Haunting me tearing my mind in pieces
Will you be a mirage to my eyes
Since I have not found any more of your kind

I'll walk along
I'll keep it up
I'll do my time

As I walk along the path of chosen life,
my eyes grow weary
and my spirit fades from time to time
Although I feel the love,
the shining love, glowing all around us,
my head hangs heavy where I walk

In my early days I gazed upon Thee,
gazed upon the ever solid one,
but then I turned my heart away
And maybe it's time,
maybe I should embrace,
embrace the bright light ahead
and finally stop, just talking to myself

The night seems to darken all my views,
as I stumble on along the trail
I begin to fear what lies ahead
Am I lost inside my head?

The night seems to darken all my views,
as I stumble on along the trail
I begin to fear what lies ahead
Am I lost inside my head?

Or perhaps I better sleep on it instead

Out there in the country
A field with an oak tree
An endless ocean
A pale silver moon

The night is quiet
The air is vibrant
No one is speaking
No one at all

Wish I could be there
Wish I could stay
Wish I could leave here
Can you show me the way?

To the last place, with the warm summer nights
Where I know she'll be waiting for me
The last place, in the silver moon light
She'll be waiting beneath the oak tree

Because my light is fading
My soul is aching
My eyes are closing
My hands are cold

Wish I could be there
Wish I could stay
Wish I could leave here
Won't you show me the way?

To the last place, with the warm summer nights
Where I know she'll be waiting for me
The last place, in the silver moon light
She'll be waiting beneath the oak tree

The last place, the never ending night
A field right next to the sea
At the last place, in the warm summer night
I know she'll be waiting for me

Close your eyes again, you're not as old as me
You've got the time to stay in bed
But my time is running out, it played a trick on me
Told me I will soon be dead
There's so much more I'd like to do,
but I guess I always kind of knew
that I will never be the Star of the County
Still there's something I hope will come true:
me reaching out to you

Many things I see in you remind me of the days
when I was stumbling out into the world
Still I must admit - I find some of what you say
percipient, like nothing I have heard
I'd love to be your friend, like to know what you've become
Get a glimpse from your point of view
But every time, it seems, you're walking away
Even if I'm asking you to stay

Maybe this is 'bout as good as we could ever be
considering relationship between you and me
Maybe I will never understand what you're about
Still, I would like to try
You got to let me try