Division Bell

Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our troughts strayed constandly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begin

Along the long road and on down the causeway
Do they still meet there by the cut

There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before time took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
With friends surrounded
The night of wonder

Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some inner tide

At a higher altitude with flag unfuried
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world

Eneumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many time

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river

Forever and ever

As you look around this room tonight
Settle in your seat and dim the lights
Do you want my blood, do you want my tears
What do you want
What do you want from me
Should i sing until i can't sing any more
Play these strings until my fingers are raw
You're so hard to please
What do you want from me

Do you think i know something you don't know
What do you want from me
If i don't promise you the answers would you go
What do you want from me
Should i stand out in the rain
Do you want me to make a daisy chain for you
I'm not the one you need
What do you want from me

You can have anything you want
You can drift, you can dream, even walk on water
Anything you want

You can own everything you see
Sell your soul for complete control
Is that really what you need

You can lose yourself this night
See inside there is nothing to hide
Turn and face the light

What do you want from me

(instrumental)

her love rains down on me easy as the breeze
I listen to the breathing it sounds like the waves on the sea
I was thinking all about her, burning with rage and desire
We were spinning into darkness; & the earth was on fire

She could take it back, she might take it back some day

So i spy on her, i have lied to her, i make promises i cannot keep
Then i hear her laughter rising, rising from the deep
And i make her prove her love for me, i take all that i can take
And i push her to the limit to see if she will break

She might take it back, she could take it back some day

Now i had seen the warnings, screaming from all sides
It's easy to ignore them god knows i've tried
All of this temptation, you know it turned my faith to lies
Until i couldn't see the danger or hear the rising tide

She could take it back, she will take it back some day

She could take it back, she will take it back some day

She will take it back; she will take it back some day

For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals
Then something happenend which unleashed the power of our imagination
We learned to talk

There's a silence surrounding me
I can't seem to think straight
I'll sit in the corner
No one can bother me
I think i should speak now ___________ why won't you talk to me
I can't seem to speak now ____________ you never talk to me
My words won't come out right ________ what are you thinking
I feel like i'm drowning _____________ what are you feeling
I'm feeling weak now _________________ you never talk to me
But i can't show my weakness _________ what are you thinking
I sometimes wonder ___________________ what are you feeling

Where do we go from here

It doesn't have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we keep talking

Why won't you talk to me _____________ i feel like i'm drowning
You never talk to me _________________ you know i can't breathe now
What are you thinking ________________ we're going nowhere
What are you feeling _________________ we're going nowhere

Why won't you talk to me
You never talk to me
What are you thinking
Where do we go from here

It doesn't have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we keep talking

From morning to night i stayed out of sight
Didn't recognise what i'd become
No more than alive i'd barely survive
In a word...overrun

Won't hear a sound
From my mouth
I've spent too long
On the inside out
My skin is cold
To the human touch
This bleeding heart's
Not beating much

I murmured a vow of silence and now
I don't even hear when i think aloud
Extinguished by light i turn on the night
Wear its darkness with an empty smile

I'm creeping back to life
My nervous system all away
I'm wearing the inside out

Look at him now
He's paler somehow
But he's coming round
He's starting to choke
It's been so long since he spoke
Well he can have the words right from my mouth

And with these words i can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourselves again

I'm holding out
For the day
When all the clouds
Have blown away
I'm with you now
Can speak your name
Now we can hear
Ourselves again

He's curled into the corner
But still the screen is flickering
With an endless stream of garbage to
...curse the place
In a sea of random images
The self-destructing animal
Waiting for the waves to break

He's standing on the threshold
Caught in fiery anger
And hurled into the furnace he'll
...curse the place
He's torn in all directions
And the screen is still flickering
Waiting for the flames to break