Verse 1)
They dangle their gold, like it was god told, like their very soul could be bought and sold,
I see nothing, not life, not dreams, just history unfolding, just a world dividing,
And the walls that hold it all together, are melting away and breaking,
And then I stop, to dream, and it all makes sense, I see no future because there is none,
I see no dreams because there are none, I don't see you because you are not,
Chorus)
And dirty rain falls, washing over me, I see the fabric society, lost in anxiety
The ebony and ivory is to ying and yang what we are to each other,
Yet I get the feeling, it is only me who stops to ponder, how we could be together,
You're living another life, unknown to me, unknown to my dreams, unknown to my soul,
Yet there is still a gapping hole, as big as the sun, and just as powerful, just as all consuming,
Verse 2)
The electric chords of a synthesizer, the fizzle of a coke machine,
The songs of the birds, the poetry of words, the future you offered,
But never really, for we never really were, just a fictional picture, just a fantastic mixture,
As my soul rattles the cage, I feel the warmth of a setting sun I do not see, never had,
As my mind chases the stars, my feet lay in the mud, as my heart beats like a thunderstorm,
My blood crawls, too slow to feel, to slow to be real, is this what love takes, and does steal
Chorus)
As all people do, the winds of destiny shaped your being, made real your meaning,
It's too complex to me, too complex to be, yet there you are, a totally new color in a black and white world,
And my mind sees it in the dark, and in my dreams, and in my soul, and in my veins, pumping through,
in my thoughts and in my mental imagary, in my dignity, in my history, there is only a fraction of life we get,
without you, it's too long.
