BACK TO A REASON (PART II)

TIME
STANDING ALL ALONE
I BLED FOR YOU
I WANTED TO
EACH DROP MY OWN

SLOWLY THEY DEPART
BUT FALL IN VAIN
LIKE DESERT RAIN
AND STILL THEY FALL ON AND ON AND ON

GOT TO GET BACK TO A REASON
GOT TO GET BACK TO A REASON I ONCE KNEW
AND THIS LATE IN THE SEASONS
ONE BY ONE DISTRACTIONS FADE FROM VIEW

SO
DRIFTING THROUGH THE DARK
THE SYMPATHY
OF NIGHT'S MERCY
INSIDE MY HEART
IS YOUR LIFE THE SAME?
DO GHOSTS CRY TEARS?
DO THEY FEEL YEARS?
AS TIME JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON

GOT TO GET BACK TO A REASON
GOT TO GET BACK TO A REASON I ONCE KNEW
AND THIS LATE IN THE SEASONS
ONE BY ONE DISTRACTIONS FADE FROM VIEW

I’M LOOKING FOR YOU
I’M LOOKING FOR I DON’T KNOW WHAT
I CAN’T SEE THERE ANYMORE
AND ALL MY TIME’S BEEN TAKEN

IS THIS WHAT IT SEEMS?
THE LURE OF A DREAM
AND I’M AFRAID TO WALK BACK THROUGH THAT DOOR
TO FIND THAT I’VE AWAKENED

THE NIGHT SEEMS TO CARE
THE DREAMS IN THE AIR
THE SNOW’S COMING DOWN
IT BECKONS ME DARE

IT WHISPERS, IT HOPES
IT HOLDS AND CONFIDES
AND OFFERS A BRIDGE
ACROSS THESE DIVIDES

THE PARTS OF MY LIFE
I’VE TRIED TO FORGET
IT’S GATHERED EACH PIECE
AND CAREFULLY KEPT

SOMEWHERE IN THE DARK
BEYOND ALL THE COLD
THERE IS A CHILD
THAT’S PART OF MY SOUL

GOT TO GET BACK TO A REASON
GOT TO GET BACK TO A REASON I ONCE KNEW
AND THIS LATE IN THE SEASONS
ONE BY ONE DISTRACTIONS FADE FROM VIEW
THE ONLY REASON I HAVE LEFT IS
YOU


by Zé Mingau