I was wayward child With the weight of the world That I held deep inside Life was a winding road And I learned many things Little ones shouldn′t know
[Chorus:] But I closed my eyes Steadied my feet on the ground Raised my head to the sky And though time′s rolled by Still feel like a child As I look at the moon Maybe I grew up A little too soon
Funny how one can learn To grow numb to the madness And block it away I left the worst unsaid Let it all dissipate And I try to forget
[Chorus]
Nearing the edge Obvious I almost Fell right over A part of me Will never be quite able To feel stable That woman-child falling inside Was on the verge of fading Thankfully I Woke up in time
Guardian angel I Sail away on an ocean With you by my side Orange clouds roll by They burn into your image And you′re still alive (You′re always alive)
I close my eyes and hope that this is just another dream Reality can′t really be as bad as it seems I hope for something better but I′m waiting for the worst And when I open up my eyes I see the bubble burst All my dreams are broken as the world is torn apart Was it really meant to be this way right from the start If this is all we live for then I wish that I was dead Just so I could stop these thoughts from going through my head I close my eyes I close my eyes I close my eyes I close my eyes I close my eyes again and wish that everything was fine Even though I know that I′m just wasting precious time I′m loosing my direction life is driving me insane The more things keep on changing the more they stay the same So please somebody catch me before I hit the ground I just can′t understand what makes this crazy world go round The more I look around me the less I seem to know If this is all there is then I don′t know where I can go I close my eyes I close my eyes I close my eyes I close my eyes I close my eyes and wish that I could turn back time I close my eyes and wish that I could press rewind I close my eyes and wish that I could change my mind I close my eyes and wish that everything was fine I close my eyes one final time to make my vision clear The more I try the more my vision seem to dissappear The world keeps turning around as I turn my inside out I′m doing all I can to understand what life′s about But everywhere I seem to look the answer isn′t there Nobody′s asking questions cos′ nobody seems to care There has to be some sort of meaning and a reason to exist If this is all there is there must be something that I missed I close my eyes I close my eyes I close my eyes I close my eyes I close my eyes and wish that I could turn back time I close my eyes and wish that I could press rewind I close my eyes and wish that I could change my mind I close my eyes and wish that everything was fine
Can′t see faith through the tears of my swollen eyes I try to dry I pretend it′s not as bad as it seems... what a lie
how can we be so blind every time a child dies people are starving rain-forests are falling the bombs are dropping from the sky
[Refr.] I don′t know why - it sticks in my head I close my eyes - and it hurts me so bad I don′t know why - it sticks in my head I close my eyes - I close my eyes
I close my eyes.
I look away from this misery and I hope the problem will disappear
but it still hurts me every time a child dies it′s like a knife you stab in my heart and twist it, twist it, twist it around
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I close my eyes - I close my eyes [Repeat 4 times]
I fall out of bed, Put my head in the sink, Cold water on my face, Brings me back to the brink. I′ve got to get to work, You know I′m always late, The boss is on my back, The boss is in my face...
I close my eyes, I′m in your arms, I close my eyes, I′m in your arms,
The phone keeps ringing! My ears keep ringing! And all these people keep singing!
Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah...
I work hard everyday, Working for a man, Who when I′m old and grey, Will steal my pension plan, Sometimes I ask myself, I ask myself what′s the point? Two weeks in the sun, For a lifetime in this joint....
I close my eyes, I′m in your arms, I close my eyes, I′m in your arms,
The phone keeps ringing! And all these people keep singing!
Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah...
I fall out of bed, Put my head in the sink, Cold water on my face, Brings me back to the brink!