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i just wanna live
The Gift - Blue
It's funny how it starts
just how it all begins
you get your sights on dreams
and man a thousand different things.
you are on for yourself
you're chasing cool desire
you get addicted fast, but man you're playing with the fire.
then there's a day that comes to you
when you get all you want
but there's a space inside
just still as empty as it was.
till an angel comes your way
and man she's falling fast
you know she's so in need
but she is too afraid to ask.
so you hold out your hands
and catch her best you can
and in giving love
you feel a better man.
and the gift is what you get by giving more than you receive
and you're learning fast that maybe this is how you'll be happy
'cos in taking everything you've lost the air you need to breathe
but in giving it away you've found the precious thing you seek.
it's funny how she smiles
how grateful she is now
and how that touches me deep in my heart somehow
yet the mirror laughs at me
when i forget myself
when i complain about this hand i got dealt.
and if i had known before
how much she'd change my life
i'd sure go back in time
and tell that guy... hey man.
you can do better than this -
you can answer your prayers,
you can grant your own wish.
just hold out your hands
and give the most you can
and i swear to you
you'll feel a better man.
and the gift is what you get by giving more than you receive
and you're learning fast that maybe this is how you'll be happy
'cos in taking everything you've lost the air you need to breathe
but in giving it away you've found the precious thing you seek.
and it's better by far
to do what you do now
and leave the rest to love.
just be strong in who you are.
once you start on that road
you're safe in the knowledge
that anyway you go will lead you home.
lead you home...
and the gift is what you get by giving more than you receive
and you're learning fast that maybe this is how you'll be happy
'cos in taking everything you've lost the air you need to breathe
but in giving it away you've found the precious thing you seek.
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blue writes very smart lyrics. i like that song.
2005-01-09, 12:54 p.m..
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