Sometimes....I wonder if I'll ever get out of here
I just want to disappear into the deep blue
Climbing....Higher into the air
Up that winding stair, trying to forget you
Hoping....That someday I'll get ahead
If I can just keep my head-- if they just let me
Falling....Helplessly through the night
Into the blinding light, into the deep sea
Oceans and stairways
Seeing them in my dreams
Oceans and stairways
What does it mean?
Sinking....Feeling the vertigo
Sometimes I just don't know where to run to
Drifting....Into despair again
If I could just forget when I first saw you
Oceans and stairways
Throwing away my life
Oceans and stairways
Cutting me like a knife
Oceans and stairways
Seeing them in my dreams
Oceans and stairways
What does it mean?
Someday....I'll figure out who I am
But for now I don't give a damn about tomorrow
Maybe....I'll forget about the past
But the future just won't last on what I can borrow
Oceans and stairways
Shivering through the night
Oceans and stairways
Waiting for the light
Oceans and stairways
Seeing them in my dreams
Oceans and stairways
What does it mean?
I'd love to see the world tonight somewhere I've never been before
I'd love to see the stars tonight standing at your door
I need to feel the sun today shining on my face
I want to leave it all behind I need to leave this place
So kiss me for today and don't you cry for me tomorrow
There is no other way for you to hide yourself from sorrow
The days are so uncertain because time will never tell
The world ain't on my side today—
I think I'll call in well
We were just so young and oh so little did we know
That marriages in heaven end as divorces down in Reno
We're lovers by convenience we're friends by necessity
Some day you will discover that you're no one you're just like me
So kiss me for today and don't you cry for me tomorrow
There is no other way for you to hide yourself from sorrow
The days are so depressing because time will never tell
The world ain't on my side today—
I think I'll call in well
So kiss me for today and don't you cry for me tomorrow
There is no other way for you to hide yourself from sorrow
The days are so uncertain because time will never tell
The world ain't on my side today—
I think I'll call in well
Did you see the news today did it make you wonder why
I don't know what I saw but it made me want to cry
It's hard to say these things when words all sound the same
I don't know what to do, don't know where to place the blame
I guess it's mine don't know what to say
Take some time before you walk away
Sometimes I wish that you could crawl inside my mind
And see what a mess you made just leave it all behind
That's just fine never understand
Take some time come and take my hand
I walk the streets alone and hide beneath the stars
The downtown traffic makes me wonder where you are
I'm talking back to windows staring back at me
I think you'll like it here so please just let me be
I'll be just fine don't know what to think
They're just lines don't mean anything
So sublime that's all in the past
You're so blind the future's fading fast
I know what you're thinking
Look into your mind
I know you'll never find
Something so unkind
Leave it all behind
Look into the mirror
Look at what you fear
You know there's no one here
You'll never disappear
Put away your wedding dress and dry up all your tears
Stay with me a little while I want to hold you near
Whoever thought a heart so free could feel so sad and blue
The wish you made for Valentine's Day someday might come true
Put away your pride
Too much to decide
I know you'll never hide
The emptiness inside
Forget about your wedding day these things weren't meant to last
Like coins into the well these things can pass you by too fast
Whoever thought a heart so old could feel something so new
And wishes made on Valentines Day oftentimes come true
So go put on your wedding dress and come into my arms
Love comes when you're ready and it don't mean any harm
Whoever thought a love so bold could find a heart so true
The wish we made on Valentines Day is finally coming true
I dial your number on the phone
I let it ring a million times
And though I know you're not at home
I let it ring into the night
Do you remember the day we met?
The clouds were hanging in the sky
The rain came down and only you
Could bring a sparkle to my eye
Suzanne I wish you'd call me I'm a puppet on a string
Suzanne let's talk about this Because I'll do anything to get you in my life
Remember walking through the park
And we chased the clouds away?
I looked for a fire from that spark
And I hoped you felt the same
Suzanne I'm really sorry if I came on too strong
Suzanne just tell me something-- don't you think that I'd be wrong just to let you walk away
I've never felt this way before
And it's been such a long long time
I'll keep on waiting by your door
I hope some day that you'll be mine
Suzanne it's really something I don't know what to do
Suzanne I'll tell you one thing I can't forget you so call me up sometime
So call me up sometime
Another empty summer another autumn day
Another wasted season now you've gone away
All those empty pictures all those memories
All those years together finally you're free
Looking around
It's not the same
Still see your face
Calling your name
Don't go and leave me
I want you to stay
Now you're so far away
I miss you in the morning sunlight in your hair
I miss you in the evening coming from somewhere
Looking around
It's not the same
Still see your face
Calling your name
Don't go and leave me
I need you to stay
Now you're so far away
Now you're so far away
Now you're so far away
Empty rented rooms dreams of nights long past
Staring at the moon midnight comes too fast
Time and time again the price I have to pay
No silence anymore only nothing left to say
I know it's crazy I'm acting like a fool
But something's happened and fate can be so cruel
I'll wait for the postcards and the letters that you send
I know this ain't forever but I can just pretend
Can't forget your face lost inside your eyes
Moths into the flame never realize
Stangers in the dark hiding from the cold
Burning in my heart from the emptiness I hold
I know it's stupid and maybe I'm a fool
But these things happen and fate can be so cruel
I wish that you could love me 'cause this broken heart won't mend
Goodbyes make me crazy and I just can't pretend.
Woke up from a dream last night and I thought I saw you there
Then I touched the emptiness it was more than I could bear
Thought I saw you on the overpass at the bus stop yesterday
I really need to talk to you there's so much we have to say
Meet me on the overpass at a quarter after two
I'll be in the same gray coat
I really want to see you so
Meet me on the overpass I'll be waiting for you there
If I don't see you at two-fifteen
Then I'll know you just don't care
I thought that night was magic everything you said so right
Now I know that it was tragic and I'm crying in the night
So I guess that's why I made this call I just want to say hello
Hope I see you on the overpass just please don't let me go
The sky is getting overcast a storm is rolling in
The truth is plain to see
You don't want to see me again and so I'll
Smoke another cigarrette and go and have a drink
I'll sit and watch the rain awhile
'cause it gives me time to think
Meet me on the overpass at a quarter after two
I'll be in the same gray coat
I really want to see you so
Meet me on the overpass I'll be waiting for you there
If I don't see you at two-fifteen
Then I'll know you just don't care
Tomorrow fades to gray let it slip away
Into yesterday watch it drift away
Into the night
I don't know what went wrong you knew it all along
I'll write another song 'cause everything is gone
Painting after midnight
Walk into my memory you hide your eyes from me
So you'll never see, see my destiny
In the early light
Dawn of another year the picture's getting clear
Won't shed another tear I'll never find you here
Painting after midnight
I'll never find you here
Painting after midnight
He wakes up in the morning he's late for work again
Makes himself some coffee and he can't remember when
Walks down to the corner and waits to cross the street
Sees her in the distance and wonders if they'll meet
It's a nasty life when he gets home he's sitting drinking all alone
And wonders how it ever got this way
He's waiting for that call to come and hopes he is the only one
That can make her say the things she wants to say
Can't tell what she's thinking but he knows just what to say
Walks on past, he's silent he'll wait another day
It's a nasty life when she gets home she's staring at her telephone
And wonders if he's ever gonna call
She'll melt if he says anything but knows that it will never ring
She falls asleep just dreaming of it all
Got your letter yesterday sealed with bitter kisses
Filled with summer dreams everything that's missing
Cold September night remember everything you said
I know that summer's left memories I dread
I build these dreams and then they all fall down
I write these words and then they drag me to the ground
Neon lights so bright on the empty highway
Might be back tonight might be back by Tuesday
Love songs on the radio push that pedal to the floor
Broken glass on the interstate won't be back no more
I build these dreams and then I watch them all fall down
I write these words and then they drag me to the ground
I say these things to you and then they all fall down
I build these dreams and then I watch them all fall down
All fall down
I build these dreams and then I watch them all fall down
I write these words and then they drag me to the ground
I say these things to you and then they all fall down
I build these dreams and then I watch them all fall down
All fall down
All fall down
Got a head full of echoes
Got a mind full of pills
Do you think you recognize me?
Do you think you ever will?
I used to live there years ago
I used to live there but I don't know
It's all the same misinformation
It's all the same — dislocation
Got a pocket full of memories
I don't know how I got them all
Want to buy myself some dreams
Because I've got no place at all
It's the sound of one hand clapping...
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