Can't hold you close when you're not with me You're somebody's love, you'll never be mine Making believe that I'll spend my lifetime Making believe that you still love me It's leaving me alone and so blue I'll always dream, still I'll never own you

Who looked like a girlfriend That I had in February of last year It's not confidential I've got potential Rushing, rushing around Cause heaven ain't close in a place like this I said heaven ain't close in a place like this Bring it back down, bring it

I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me When I look up from my pillow I dream you are there with me Though you are far away I know you'll always be near to me I look around me And feel you are ever so close to me Each tear that flows

We ain't ever getting older So baby pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover That I know you can't afford Bite that tattoo on your shoulder Pull the sheets right off the corner Of the mattress that you stole From your roommate back in Boulder We

Tomorrow will take us away Far from home No one will ever know our names But the bards' songs will remain Now you all know The bards and their songs When hours have gone by I'll close my eyes

All the chances we took We're so close to something Better left unknown I can feel it in my bones Gimme sympathy Get too close to the flame Wild open space Talk like an open book

Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere And build them a home, a little place of their own. The Fletcher Memorial Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings. And they can appear to themselves every day On closed circuit T.V. To make sure they're still

J'ai tellement attendu Alors aujourd'hui Dans mon lit Ce jour sans fin suffit J'n'ai jamais vu un soir qui soit aussi Close to me Alors ce serait sans danger Si seulement j'étais sûr Ça m'a rendu malade

What have we become? A farewell to arms I'll wave this flag of white So the avenged see the light We'll pay for closed eyes Before genocide Can you hear the cries? Nowhere the children run to hide Crimson rivers flow down hills, atone our ills

And sometimes when we touch The honesty's too much And I have to close my eyes and hide Till we both break down and cry I want to hold you till the fear in me subsides I want to hold you till I die You ask me if I love you And I choke on my reply I'd