The Great Divide

fascinating new thing
you delight me
and i know you're speaking of me

fascinating new thing
get beside me
i want you to love me

i'm surprised that you've never been told before
that you're lovely and you're perfect
and that somebody wants you

fascinating new thing
the scene makin'
want a temporary savior

fascinating new thing
don't betray them
by becoming familiar

i'm surprised that you've never been told before
that you're lovely and you're perfect
and that somebody wants you

i'm surprised that you've never been told before
that you're priceless and you're precious
even when you are not new

high above the mid way lights
high above the rides you me and the sky
the whole world looks small tonight
and you said that we could never really fly

well if you're right and we're nothing at all
tell me why did i keep thinking 'bout you calling
if you're right and we're nothing at all
tell me why do you keep thinking that you're falling

swaying singing at the skywheel top
then you say that i can never make you mine
well lights rings constellations turn and stop
kiss me once again and change your mind

if you're right and we're nothing at all
tell me why did i keep thinking 'bout you calling
if you're right and we're nothing at all
tell me why do you keep thinking that you're falling

it's not the pain i'm used to it
i'ts feeling like i'm already dead
i see from the ceiling a misty spirit
rising from a place in my head
and i never even get to go down
down in flames

i said friend you have a life to see
why do you scare me so
all the suffering's a mystery to me
i can't even pretend to know
so you'll never even get to go down
down in flames

we had plans to explore the stars
be rejected by stage door guards
mining for gold as the time unreels
not stifling behind suburban wheels
not stifling behind suburban wheels

the plan was too burn up when the air was clear
we'd all wear our visors down
an arcwelder spark in the atmosphere
not this man sized hole in the ground

now your father's face is frozen between anger and tears
your mother's hair's amazingly gray
and i'm seeing these friends for the first time in years
it's icicle reunion day

and you never even got to go down
down in flames
you never even got to go down
down in flames

i went to see temptation yesterday
in a fourplex on the old high drive
cause something in my life was runaway
or maybe to prove that i am still alive

temptation lives alone and she works all day
so i waited after five on her front porch
she arrived parked her car and she walked my way
she smiled to see me standing at her door

tell me now how pleasure can be a sin
she turned the key in the lock and let me in

ah temptation showed me what i shouldn't do
ah temptation showed me what i shouldn't do

somewhere in the world tonight
two lovers are treating each other right
somewhere else in a lonely town
one lover waits an endless hour

driving home in the dark i say this time will be the last
i know what i should never do
at least i'll keep temptations photograph
maybe hang onto her phone number too

tell me now how pleasure can be a sin
well i don't plan to tell anyone where i've been

ah temptation showed me what i shouldn't do
ah temptation showed me what i shouldn't do

hold on tight to what you believe in
hold on to whatever you need o yeah
step inside the sweet illusion
of another life

where it's enought to be well meaning
and if you crash your plane you can try it again o yeah
well this time while you're believing
in another lifetoo late i'm done waiting
i won't be there
in another life
in another time
you always believed we'd mend it later
in another life
in another time
well i'm done waiting

when you finally tend to your blessings
you'd be mistaken to count on me o yeah
because you believed we'd do our loving
in another life
darlingtoo late i'm done waiting
i won't be there
in another life
in another time
you always believed we'd mend it later
in another life
in another time
well i'm done waiting

if you come round to see me don't be surprised
maybe i'm out waiting in another life
in another life

if you're afraid to cry
though you could use it once in awhile
nothing will cloud your eyes
you've been through one of those times
when nothing's real or getting through
and it seems like you've forgotten how to feel
call me
i'll feel
for you
and some days you'll feel for me too

if you're afraid to smile
though you could use it just to survive
there's nowhere you want to drive
and you're only staying alive
'cause it's the thing to do
and it seems your bell's forgotten how to ring
call me
i'll feel
for you
and some days you'll feel for me too

if you're afraid to cry
though you could use it just to survive
there's nowhere you want to drive
and you're only staying alive
'cause it's the thing to do
and it seems your mouth's forgotten how to sing
call me
yeah
call me
call me
i'll feel
for you
and some days you'll feel for me too