one last day to live if you had one last day to live and your soul was free from doubt would you tell them how you feel would you rise before the sun would you write a letter home would you try to make amends does the light look different now does it break without a sound does it make you laugh out loud like when you were a child if you had one last day to live and your soul was free from fear would you kill that monster now, dead would you race the summer wind write a song that does not rhyme get stoned and sail the sea would you pray to god or not get real drunk and cuss alot bitch about what you ain't got or get you something new would you kiss the one you love down below and up above could you bear the burden of nothing left to prove if you had one last day to live and your soul was free from shame would you let your real light shine does the light look different now does it break without a sound does it make you laugh out loud like when you were a child as you go kicking through the dew think of all that you've been through hey don't you realize it too we've been wasting so much time honey and salt there are sacred sanctuaries warm and full of light that we should be walking through day, night only denied by the cross i bear there are silos full of holographs rendered from the loss a paper garden in my window sill rain, frost who is hiding behind the sun oh i could use a place to rest i could use a change of heart willingly i acquiesce pining for the part the constant pull of gravity through the turn was just too much i believe i lost my sanity grace, touch is it a sweeter life by the trials we share oh if i could lose myself long enough to read this book i might have a chance to lose the fool or someone else it's no surprise i never learned to dance very well, use me now i could be your friend there's a phantom in my tragedy and this is not your fault they drag me through the giving fields honey, salt is it a sweeter life by the trials we share all in good time the sky will stop falling and the sun will finally show the baby will stop balling and i'll get back my soul the war will be over and the new day will come in blind all in good time i will take your hand no pretending no protest shake there in the passing of your strange and faithful kiss when the revelation finds me out cold from freedom's bind all in good time this all will prove out wait for the sound it's taking me over the line try to stop a train this game is making me tired cold water on my face i think this place is on fire it's a fine line marie between dreaming and dying i sit here in the corner of my sad sad little room i see your ghost, i hear you hum your little tune do you believe in visions marie oh i believe in mine all in good time the crowd will fall out in a big surprise applause we will take our bows and bruises for the cause we'll never let a moment pass or a sunny day go by all in good time rain i have paid the piper and i have done my time the little voice inside my head grows unspeakably unkind like a diamond on a grinder like a hammer on a pearl like a big chain around my brain again fast and tied to the tilt a whirl oh how i long for vengeance in this song of tragedy enchanted days of witness to the virgin harmony ever since september my heart has been bone dry and the bastards they should have killed me when they made my angel cry the watermark is waiting i will never be the same i'll be rain falling all around you again god forgive me for my sin but i won't be satisfied until the sun comes shining through there's a snake down in the manger there's a rat in the baby's bed i'll be the one from now on to put dreams in their head through thick mud and bad blood we'll crawl through eden's gate trying to recapture what they took from us that day time isn't it just like me to make a joke out of tragedy all i needed was some time i'm not living in the past i thought i'd try to make you laugh that's one thing i can do and do it well well i wish i could i was just passing through your neighborhood but you don't seem too amused i just thought i'd stop and say i was thinking about you today and you were right i see you in the morning sun in the flight of the blue heron i see you in the evening sky and i see you in my dream this song was easy to write it just came to me last night it only took me fifteen years now isn't it just like me to make a joke out of tragedy all i needed was some time the leaving she slipped out from under neath his arm crawled across the floor pulled down the shade and blew out the candle shut the door to the other room the floor was cold in the hall and the light in the north room fell soft and without direction so it was really hard to tell wether it was dusk or wether it was dawn she said to herself i used to wake up in the morning and the day was mine then i used to wake up in the morning and the day was ours now i wake up in the morning and the day belongs to you now i'm not a phone booth at a truckstop on the turnpike and i don't know how i feel i cannot see your face and i do not know what's real nothing was really said after that no goodbyes she grabbed up a few things she needed her heart her soul and the keys to the car and she left it was a grey day she drove a while until she came to a place where she could stay and feel safe she took a room at a motel and put away her things and sat quietly on the bed it was three o'clock in the afternoon and she sang a sad song in her head she took off all of her clothes and tried to fall asleep tossing and turning she fell into a dream once again she was driving down the highway listening to the radio there were people standing and waving along the side of the road there was no place in particular she felt she had to go then the straight lines turned to circles and then into a kaleidescope then in a half sleep she controlled the dream and she thought to herself it's hard to see the future looking backwards through a telescope you belong to me forever's calling the secret's safe with me now lying on our backs it feels like we could slip right through the sky and waltz round the old dance hall where the questions fall so far away in our twist of fate i never wonder why think about our place in the competition did we really have that far to fall sweet reminders of our times above the wishing well when the penny fell and we turned around to find sweet afterglow of our times below a shooting star no matter where you are you belong to me looks like diamonds on black velvet now now you come to me in every little turn i take i remember well the pirouette and i cannot forget you let me kiss you then that's when i first believed think about our place in the competition does it really matter now at all sweet reminders of our times above the wishing well when the penny fell and we turned around to find sweet afterglow of our times below a shooting star no matter where you are you belong to me sweet reminders of our times above the water line now you're mine and forever's calling shout from the street we're going to gather in a wheel we're going to live inside the drum we're going to find our sense of place in the kingdom of the sun we'll be stronger than soldiers when we blast the barricade we'll be knee deep in roses when we push the big parade the wind is going to blow our hearts are going to pound and the shout from the street is going to turn this world around little maggie's going to be there in her pearls and purple shoes brother john right beside her in his big black boots we're going to walk on the water we're going to sail across the sea hey look here mama they look just like you and me the wind is going to blow our hearts are going to pound and the shout from the street is going to turn this world around yeah for those who came before us and for those who'll be coming around again the river cuts right through to show us heaven and where we begin washed in the blood washed in the blood we're going to dance through these days to a dusty old song we're going to live in the vein right where we belong from the cradle to the crossing underneath the copper moon everything will be revealed in a little silver spoon the wind is going to blow our hearts are going to pound and the shout from the street is going to turn this world around persephone she descends down from the ceiling with magnolias in her hair she lights every single candle in a crystal chandelier with no more than a whisper she illuminates the room and i am bound here by her poison like a drunk in her saloon as the apparition she frightens me to death as flesh and blood and woman she takes my every breath as persephone she's perfect god have mercy on my soul i am hollow i am helpless and i've lost all my control who am i that the world would miss hiding in her sweetest kiss dying in her careless crush the taste of salt on her summer blush i can smell vanilla rain falling soft on her fields again write my name in waters still and let me fade away i can feel her eyes upon me but there's nothing i can do i am paralyzed in the silence of her beautiful remove and sometimes i get the feeling when i'm knocking at the door that with the devil i am dealing but i keep coming back for more home i feel the lights of town fade i traded out the retrograde i don't have much but for what i've saved now i'm headed home wind is whistling through the wing no radio so i sing yesterday feels like a dream now i'm headed home rolling through the dark of night no one in sight this time i am flying wheels above the ground the only sound is me living now not dying i love a girl who brings good news the color of her eyes are changing blues one true kiss i can't refuse now i'm on my way sending out my signal flare god, thank you for my answered prayer keep her safe until i get there now i'm headed home all lyrics and music written by Jeff Black songs published by Lotos Nile Music BMI