the dearest

If This is Love

Meet me out on the avenue
Wear the coat I bought for you
And I will wait for you
'til one in the afternoon
If I don't see you there
By the time I turn to leave
I'll cease to believe in
Everything I believe in, it's true

If this is love
Why don't you just kiss me baby?
If this is love
Why don't you just run away with me?

The city streets are steep
And the trolley cars 
Are slowly creeping
Up and down
And the cars pass fast
And I feel like I could
Slowly drown
If I can't escape this endless sinking

If this is love
Why don't you just kiss me baby?
If this is love
Why don't you just run away with me?

Elevator operator
Will you wait for me forever?
Hold the door for me


Such a Fool

I met you on a hill
Sitting in a windowsill
Looking out over the crowds
I walked up on the raindrops
Up to your windowpane
Awe-inspired by the sounds
Coming down from me to you
What was I supposed to do but try
To stay forever
And write my name up in the sky

What fool would try
Such an endeavor?
Such a fool am I

Behind the organ you sat
Notes lifted off the page at me
Like blackbirds on the clouds
They flew into your heart then
So you could entertain them
But you just laid them down
On the keys in front of you
What was I supposed to do but try
To put my own together
And write my name up in the sky

What fool would try
Such an endeavor?
Such a fool am I



Undone

Undone
Look what you've done
By not finishing here
I know
You want to run
But let me make it clear

Here's something you can believe in
My dear
If you walk out right now, this all will still be here
The next time around

Undone
Look what you've done
By not finishing here
You hear
The start of the gun
And then you disappear

Here's something you can believe in
My dear
If you walk out right now, this all will still be here
The next time around

Let's not leave it be this time
Let's go down in the mine and see what we can find
And see what we can find

Undone
Look what you've done
By not finishing here
I know
You want to run
And softly disappear


When You're a Dreamer

Daydreams
And nightdreams
Are the same thing
When you're a dreamer
And anything you can see
Becomes reality
When you're a dreamer

Daydreams
And nightdreams
Are the same thing
When you're a dreamer
And all you long to be
Becomes you easily
When you're a dreamer

Don't wake me
Golden and tangerine beams
Shining on, long, strong, blond
Horses arrive here
Take us to Spain
And we're gone, gone, gone

Daydreams
And nightdreams
Are the same thing
When you're a dreamer
And every mystery
Like it was meant to be
When you're a dreamer


TimeSpace Lullaby

I could give it all to you
With just one glance
I’d do it for you, baby
If I had the chance
But there’s no time
And it’s not my place
To try and cross this endless space

If only I could learn
To slow these tides
That rise so high
When you cross my mind
But there’s no time
And it’s not my place
To try and cross
This boundless space

Baby, the space
It seems so wide
Maybe I will meet you
On the other side

I would take your pain
With just one kiss
If I thought you would ache
Just a little less
But there’s no time
And it’s not our place
To try and cross
This precious space

Baby, the space
It seems so wide
Maybe I will meet you
On the other side


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I will dream for you
When you're on the long, dark road
When you fear your heart
Can't bear the heavy load
When love is a stranger
You once called friend
When hope has forsaken you
Again and again
I will dream, I will dream for you

I will sing for you
When you cry out in the night
When you can't make a sound
And you can't make it right
When your words aren't heard
Though you speak the truth
When your voice grows weak
And your will does too
I will sing, I will sing for you

I will carry you
When your strength's been drained
When your vision blurs
And your faith has waned
When your dream for peace
Breaks your heart in two
And the tides of grief
Wash over you
Oh my love, i will carry you



The Mourning of Magic


I once knew a man
But not very well
He said, do you like to pretend?
But try as I might
My child had left me
And my heart, I found, hardened
In the time that it took
To shoot one fatal look
Saying won’t you let me be?
He closed his eyes
Said now I am blind…
Won’t you help me see?

The daybreak of reason
The dusk of belief
The eve of desire
The dawn of deceit
The mourning of magic as it fails to sway
The decline of the light at the end of the day

I once know a man
But not very well
He said, won’t you speak to me of love?
He was eager to learn,
But could not discern that he’d taken quite enough
In the time that it took
To shoot one fatal look
Saying won’t you let me be?
He’d closed his eyes,
Said now I am blind…
Won’t you help me see?

The daybreak of reason
The dusk of belief
The eve of desire
The dawn of deceit
The mourning of magic
As it fails to sway
The decline of the night
At the breaking of day

I once knew a man
I knew him quite well…



I Shot an Arrow

I shot an arrow
Up into the sky
I shot an arrow
And my guardian angel died
I sent her back from whence she came
And now I face the fire and flame
Way down below

I shot an arrow
I guess I aimed a little high
I shot an arrow
And my love fell from the sky
Now I'm down here on my own
I will walk the earth alone
'Til the end of time

I shot an arrow
And when it sailed loose, I knew
I'd shot an arrow
That would slay me through and through
I was shooting for my mark
Now my heart is still and dark
And now I know
What sorrow knows