I don't want to be. A loser. I don't want to have. A broken heart. Oh I don't want to be. A loser. I don't want another girl. To tear us apart. . Tell me, what can I do to keep from losing you.
Down, I hit the dirt when I see who you really are. Down, all my strength leaves me like a falling star. . Cut to the heart, I am opened up like a wound.
Raised with a Bible in your hand. You met your parents' strict demands. But now that sweet religious child. Is like a hurricane gone wild. . And you're dancing.
I remember daddy's hands folded silently in prayer. and reaching out to hold me when I had a nightmare. you could read quite a story in the caluses and lines.
When the water's too high. When the water's too high. I will carry you. I will carry you. . When the streets are too hot. When the streets are too hot.
Not by might, not by power. But by my spirit says the Lord. Not by might and not by power. But by my spirit says the Lord. . Sometimes fears can hide your vision.
I've been in the basement. Groping for the light. But it just goes to show me. I walk by faith and not by sight. . But now I feel. The walls are closin' in.
No distinction, no emotion for right or wrong. They tell me any choice will do. No color contrast in their dull morality. The shades of good and bad are through.
Verse 1:. What do you see when they finally turn out the light. What do you hear when the music is stopped for the night. Is there an answer. Or just a dancer leaving an empty stage.
(Ah ah, ah ah). Hey now (ah ah), what you gonna do (ah ah). Oh, are you gonna be mine (ah ah) tried and true (ah ah). Hey hey hey now (ah ah), give it to me straight (ah ah)?.
How long have I got. To common days become legend?. And how long have I got. 'Til this dream of life becomes heaven?. . Oh, life passed too fast. It's hard to know it won't last forever.
Tell me, what to do with this beating heart?. While I bleed alone tonight. And it's alright if you don't say a word. Or make it all work right. . Oh, and I can wait.
Write it all down. Before you forget. And all of the words get. Tangled like a ball and thread. . Pass me a pen. And a piece of inspiration. You know the moment wont slow down.
I didn't know how to tell you. That I feel this way. But I know I have to someday. . Before the summer days go cold. Cause that is when you're leaving.
I try to find the courage to speak. When I'm around you you make me weak. So I'm writing down words. I hope you haven't heard before. . I can sing it in a different key.
I've held my tongue. For long enough. I have a secret I'm letting out now. . I can't seem to get. you out of my head. I admit that It's driving me crazy.
What if I told you that you were the one for me. Would you believe that everything is not as it seems. . I've learned through experience that stories aren't easy to keep.
I dreamt you. I drew you. Long before I thought that I might never find you. . I chased you. I traced you. And held your picture up into the light. . All the weight of nights and days to long to list.
There's a cool web of silence winds us in. Words melt us down and we spin again. The less we speak the less we cry. You and I. . There's a hotbed of anger just ahead.
I know I'm blinded. 'Cause all I do is look through. All the feelings that I have for you. And if I only knew. That every minute with you. Would be a chance to become close.