October Project

I've seen that life
Touches us with pain
And we change
Becoming strangers to our friends
Tell me what happens along the way

I thought of us
Hard to talk these days
Did we change
Or were we strangers all along
Tell me what caused us to turn away

CHORUS
There's a wall of silence
Miles across
A wall between us
Holding back
Holding back our loss

I moved ahead
Thinking you'd be there
But it changed
And now we're strangers to our past
How did I lose you along the way

CHORUS

I've seen that life
Touches us with pain
And we change
Becoming strangers to ourselves
Tell me what happens along the way
How did I lose you along the way

If I could, I would always tell the truth
I would always love you from the heart
If I could, I would take you in my arms
Take you inside, into my heart

If I could, I would be the place you turn
When you're feeling lonely or afraid
I would shine like a lantern in the dark
Take you inside, into my heart

When you feel as if you don't know who you are
I'll remind you with my love

If I could, I would always keep you safe
Take you inside, into my heart

When you feel as if you simply can't go on
I'll remind you that you're strong

If I could, I would love you as you are
Take you inside, into my heart
Into my arms, into my life

Take me past this lonely truth and let me go beyond my skin
The walls that held me here before have no purpose anymore, let me enter
In
Break me from my injured past and make me over in your arms
The pain that guided me before has no comfort anymore, let me enter in

From far away I hear my mother crying
The sky is gray, they say the earth is dying
I hear her voice and still I make a choice to stay
I leave a life behind me, I feel myself begin
I'm reaching out to keep you, falling farther in
I feel the light inside me, you go beyond my skin
I'm reaching out to keep you, falling farther in
Wake me with your dark embrace and make me open in your arms
I want to lose myself within, leave the person I have been, let me enter

From far away I hear my mother crying
The sky is gray, they say the earth is dying
I hear her voice and still I make a choice to stay
I leave a life behind me, I feel myself begin
I'm reaching out to keep you, falling farther in
I feel the light inside me, you go beyond my skin
I'm reaching out to keep you, falling farther in

What dark time is coming, what dark time is here
The prophet emerges in garments of fear
He calls to his people to come to the feast
They gather unto him to wait for release
Alleluia
Remember the warnings, forget what you're told
The heart of the temple is hollow and cold
The face of the prophet is tired and creased
He raises his cup and falls to his knees

Come take my body, come take my soul
Come take me over, I want to be whole
Come take my body, come take my soul

We stand in a circle, we stand in the square
The power of numbers, the power of prayer
The churches are empty, the priest has gone home
And we are left standing, together alone

Come take my body, come take my soul
Come take me over, I want to be whole
Come take my body, come take my soul

Come rhythm, come silence, come into our shame
The fear has no heart and the fear has no name
Come sing alleluia, come sing domine
Come sing alleluia, come sing

Come take my body, come take my soul
Come take me over, I want to be whole
Come take my body, come take my soul

In this dream of life and death
I know so much I will forget
I know your body and your breath
I know your rhythm and your touch
I want you here
I want so much
I fear too much
Far too human to let go
I fight the river and the flow
I fight the love and the fear
I do not want to leave you here
In one body you appear
In this dream
I dream
And I still want so much
To touch the inside
I dream
And I still want to stay
Inside this dream with you
Now I know
That every dream begins with you
And ends in time
Now I know
That maybe I am too alive
If I could speak in tongues of flame
I'd burn forever with your name
And take it with me through all time
I would remember who you are
In every life I'd touch your heart
In every dream
I dream...

In a city of faces
That never look back
Where doors never open
And eyes never meet
Someone behind me was tracing my steps
As I ran
Through the fog down a cobblestone street
In a city of crossroads
That never lead home
Where secrets unravel
And fates intertwine
Someone was calling my name in the night
As I ran
From a voice that was echoing mine
The farther you run
The more you recall
The loss of your innocence
After the fall
The farther you run
The more you recall
After the fall
In a city of magic
That spins out of time
Where God has no image
And Man finds no grace
Something inside me was seeking itself
As I ran
From a shadow who'd stolen my face
The farther you run...

He had a dream haunting him at night
It would fly into his hands, so he tried to cage it
But he only made it fly away
He heard a song, it was running through his mind
It was singing from the past, so he tried to sing it
But he found he could not make it last

The world is falling apart, he's getting older, and there's a funeral in
his heart

He was alone with a picture of his life on the outside looking in
So he tried to change it, but he lost the person he had been

The world is falling apart, he's getting older, and there's a funeral in
his heart

Thunder moving under the mountain, thunder in his dreams
Hoping that there must be a word for everything he means
He had a love, it was keeping him alive
It was someone else ago, so he tried to hide it
But he knew he'd never let it go

The world is falling apart, he's getting older, and there's a funeral in
his heart

(When the darkness falls like a curtain
And the night ahead is a long and uncertain dream
Beyond the loss and the hope of redemption)
At the broken heart of the city
Where the hollow light of day never reaches in
A man can break down and fall into pieces
He will fall asleep like a baby
And the unforgiving arms of the cradle
Rock as hard as the face of the city pavement
Hide your eyes
Hide your eyes
He can see the face of a lover
In the lonely face of the angel above him
Carved into the stone that is changing around him
He can feel her breathing inside him
And the unforgiving visions deny him
Life can only be what a man can make it
Hide your eyes
Hide your eyes
Sunday morning
Yellow sky
The sun is floating diamond high
Hours passing
A baby cries
In the arms of someone you imagine
Close your eyes
This is your lullaby
Close your eyes
This is your lullaby
He can feel his skin like a prison
Like a dying cage he struggles to live inside
He tries to call out but nobody hears him
At the ragged edge of the silence
In the calm that only comes with the violent sleep
Inside the heart and the hope of redemption
Hide your eyes
Hide your eyes
In the heart of someone you imagine
Close your eyes
This is your lullaby
Close your eyes
This is your lullaby
(Down, down, down
Would the fall never come to an end?
Wonder how many miles I've fallen
Must be somewhere near the centre of the earth
How funny it will seem to come out among the people
Who walk with their heads downwards
Down, down, down
Down, down, down
Would the fall never come to an end?)

In the shadow cast as you were leaving
In the beauty of the ending day
There is always something to return to
Something you allow
To slip away
In the empty corners of the evening
In the vacant beauty of the wind
There is always something to remember
Something to remember
To begin
I need no shelter
I need no guide
I'll be alone on this long dark ride
Tonight
Whatever you fear
Whatever you hide
Whatever you carry deep inside
There's something more than this
Whatever you love
Whatever you give
Whatever you think you need to live
There's something more than this
In the shadow cast as you were leaving
In the beauty of the ending day
There is always something to believe in
Something...
As I watch you slip away
I need no shelter
I need no guide
I'll be alone on this long dark ride
Tonight
Whatever you fear...

Deep as you go I'll follow, deep as the water goes
All the world is hollow and dry, but you and I go down, you and I go
down
Far as you want to take me, far as your eyes can see
Leave the world alone in the sky, you and I go free, you and I are free

Don't save me, don't lose me, don't wake me now
You let me, you release me, let me drown, take me down

Promise to take me with you, promise to let me go
All the world is waiting to see as you and I go down
You and I are free

Don't save me, don't lose me, don't wake me now
You let me, you release me, let me drown, take me down

I want to be completed, I want to disappear, I want to be uncovered
Take me down, take me down, let me drown

Somehow I need to love you more than I need to breathe
I can feel you leaving the ground
I will follow down, you and I will drown

Don't save me, don't lose me, don't wake me now
You let me, you release me, let me drown, take me down

Cover the mirror
Hide in your dreams
Forget what they told you
Forget what it means
A picture worth a thousand lies
The mem'ry and the mirror
Nothing but what came before
Nothing but a closing doorpre-
A picture worth a thousand lies
A thousand words
A thousand eyes
Bury my lovely
Hide in your room
Bury my lovely
Forget me soon
Forget me
Forget me now
Forget me not
Cover the madness
Cover the fear
No one will ever
Know you were here
A figure in the hallway light
Returning like a ghost
Something that was left behind
Something in a child's mindpre-
Bury my lovely
Bury the lies
Bury me under
A thousand good-byes
A shadow from another time
Is waiting in the night
Something happened long ago
Something that will not let go

Now I rush to the fingers of light
I guess I tore my head off
I hope there's something waiting for me
to make my exit pay-off
taste and smell and touch
have faded from pollution
as a last resort I chose the stupidest solutionThe first thing I did when I got in the gate
was crank up the left-hand dial
I got there frist the track star seemed to take a while
Now I can dance like Nureyev
with these wings on my body
St. Peter complains that it's too loud down in the lobbyAnd I hear the voice of God
He's brilliant on the microphone
and the radio in heaven
can make a heathen feel at homeAll these notes flying out play havoc with my heart
every word sung is both emotional and smart
There's a gorgeous sunset
happening on the airwaves
I really want you to hear this song one day
so you behaveAnd I hear the voice of God
He's brilliant on the microphone
and the radio in heaven
can make a heathen feel at home
at home

I have come to know you
Over all these years
We've seen many days come and go
After all the time we've shared
All the secrets told
Will you ever say I love you
If you gave me nothing
Nothing more than this
I would have the mem'ry to keep
Let me make this simple wish
As we fall asleep
Let me wake with you by my side
Always
If you have to leave me
Leave me with a kiss
Tell me how you feel without words
Are you so afraid to stay
Must you be alone
Let me wake with you by my side
Always

Out of the silence
Into the blue

You finally remember where you've been
You finally remember who you are
And you remember the light

Out of the spirit,
Into the flesh--
The animal heartbeat in the chest--
The naked desire,
The appetite
But you remember the light


Now I lay me down, now I lay me down
Now I lay me down to dream

Out of the fire
Into the night
Communion of body into smoke
Human and sacred
The sacrifice
You will remember the light

Now I lay me down
Now I lay me down
Now I lay me down to dream
Of light

Take me as I am
Someone you don't know
Even in the dark
You may not be sure
Take me while you can
I can see you standing in the smoky entrance
Giving up your good intentions
Leave the shadows dancing
Dancing on their own
Let the moment free you now
And leave it all behind you
I'll know where you've gone
Let the world go on
Take me as I am
I may disappear
Fade into the night
Lighter than your thoughts
Take me while you can
Never knowing who or what you are until you're
Living with the unfamiliar
Leave the shadows dancing
Dancing on their own
Let the moment free you now
And leave it all behind you
I'll know where you've gone
Let the world go on
There's a place where fear won't find you
Where your secret dreams remind you
This is all you have to know and
This is all you have to go on
Everything you have inside you
Everything you need to guide you
This is all you
have to know and
This is all you have to go on
Take me as I am
Someone you could know
Even as we speak
You could change your mind
Take me while you can
Even if you shine a light into the mirror
You won't see me any clearer
Leave the shadows dancing
Dancing on their own
Let the moment free you now
And leave it all behind you
I'll know where you've gone
Let the world go on (fade...)

Sleep with the window open
Sleep till tomorrow
Be my hero

Be withoiut being lonely
Try to open
We try to open
Hoping for a hero

I want something
I want everything
I want nothing
Nothing else
I want someone
Not just anyone
Be my hero

Keep what is secret
Secret
We can believe it
Be my hero

I want something
I want everything
I want nothing
Nothing else
I want someone
Not just anyone
Be my hero

See how we measure feeling
>From a distance
See how we measure people
Into zero

I want something
I want everything
I want nothing
Nothing else
I want someone
Almost anyone

you rise like a wave in the ocean
and you fall gently back to the sea
now i want to know how to hold you
return to me
return to me
you shine like the moon over water
and you darken the sky when you leave
now i want to know how to keep you
return to me
return to me
turn to me
return to me
everything i tell you has been spoken
and everything i say was said before
but everything i feel is for the first time
and everything i feel i feel for you
i am here calling the wind
i am here calling your name
i am here calling you back
return to me
return to me
i know what it means to be lonely
and i know what it means to be free
now i want to know how to love you
return to me
return to me
i am here calling the wind
i am here calling your name
i am here calling you back
return to me
return to me

Hush, close your eyes
And I'll keep you safe
Allow you to weep
And sing you to sleep

Don't be afraid
Remember I'm here
THe noise in the street
Will soon disappear

When the soft face of mercy
Is lost behind a veil
I will stay with eyes open
Stay here with eyes open
To watch over you
And take away the sadness and the fear

Hide in my arms
And dream golden dreams
Forgetting the world
Of men and machines

When the soft eyes of mercy
Are blinded by the dark
I will stay with eyes open
Stay here with eyes open

To watch over you
And take away the sadness and the fear

I'll be here