Is this an over-reaching arm Or is this compassion? Is this a handout undeserved Or a just reparation? And like a single domino That falls while the rest stay vertical Will you fear these empty fairytales Or will you believe them? Come in, all of the cold

Here we are Out here me and you Reaching out each other Is all that we can do Trying not to fall There's no need to worry Love will conquer all Here we stand Do you really want to know

When you're reaching out, reaching out for me, yeah So when you reach for me, I'm glad I'm by your side And you're holding me, I'm alright, I'm alright I wanna hold you, I wanna touch you I wanna feel good and make you mine We're on our own Somehow we

Clear out of this world After waiting so long for the right time After reaching so long for a star All at once from a long and lonely night time And despite time, here you are I cry, out of this world If you said we were through So let me fly out of this

I've taken the breath out of everything they believe I've collapsed its lungs, calloused its heart Sucked the life out of this, for all of Sunday to see, for all of Sunday to see Preaching to the deaf and blind, no one sees my effort No one gets the

If they say Why, why, tell 'em that it's human nature Why, why does he do me that way Why does he do me that way Looking out Reaching out Why, why, does he do me that way (That way) Why why Across the nighttime

If they say Why, why, tell 'em that it's human nature Why, why does he do me that way Why does he do me that way Looking out Reaching out Why, why, does he do me that way (That way) Why why Across the nighttime

I keep reaching out for you Reaching out for you Nothing more to say Nothing left to break Nothing more to give Nothing left to take As you turn away Hoping you might stay As you turn away,

You open up and what you gain is another hole Reaching out for a hand and I know The fear of losing all the trust that it craves And feel that parts of you are never coming back I used to think that life was ugly and a mess Well I was right but what else

And I get caught up In the moonlight Reaching out for a rotten egg I don't wanna beg I hate to do this But you're a pain in the neck I thought you knew this You're handing me a canceled check You're so helpless