Peace has lost its meanin' Now, we've hit the ceilin' All is said and all is done Here goes, start again You're better than you think so Something I
Simon, he was a man Held his heart out in his hand A hollow land of autumn breeze Evenings in the brittle rain Leaves that fill the barren plain With
There is a swan-white curtain Somewhere within the sky It's known of every sermon Every anguished cry The howls of hopeless people Frightened and alone
You and I in the room with the balcony You lie on the bed while I stare at the sea I stare at the sea, oh such reveries We're riding the ponies in Mexico
And there was gone and there was ever more And there was wheretofore hast thou And what heretofore but not for ever more Not for evermore, now O Lord
And there were mermaids, weren't there? Sweet, silver mermaids All through that gray Trafalgar square Such silver mermaids And they were young and they
The word is told, now Word is said Word is old, now And the stone is bread Heart is bone, now The heart is flesh The heart is known, now And the no is
So good to meet you, Mr. Chess I've always heard that you're the best At housing knights And castles high up in the air So I beseech you, Mr. Chess To
This is how my heart heard That little thing in tears, they call the truth It said, "Be done with her, she's done with you" This is how my heart heard
All the shadows blue, in the winter moon The stars within the darkness They remember you and they sorrow too With all the winds that blow Every book
Once in a while a man comes along Even his failures were favorite songs Oh to have made something so unsurpassed As certain things fall away some certain
Faded longing, tired of wanting Can't explain the fear that's haunting you Should I go or I could be wrong So wrong Hear me calling from eagle mountain
There the bones do sleep And there the soul is soul And there the Gods do weep When the angels fall But here the thoughts won't keep And here the blood
Such an annoying conversation I'm sorry but I'm tired of trying To be some picture of compassion And anyway it sounds like I'm lying And yes I've heard
Hold the light up to me, get underneath my skin I feel a little undefined, I want to let you in And I listen to the messages, the endless train of thought
Had a house full of riches Threw it all away I'm not a worthy man No matter what you say I promise forever And left without a word I'm not a worthy man
He beat the drum and lit the fires He sent the messages in vain But the sound of his philosophy Rose above the falling rain And to you who find it difficult
Promised cures for everyman Snake oil and circuses You can get to Heaven, yes you can So judge the books by their surfaces And someone's taking care