Hold On

And the rain keeps falling
From the clouds in your eyes
As we try to hang on
To the time that's passed us by
And the deeper our love
The harder we cry.

You and i both slaves
To some far away dreams
That binds us as one
Then divide us it seems
That the deeper our drifting
The harder we try

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And life goes on i suppose
And love can fade
As fast as it grows
Times they may shake us
But nothing can break us
You now.
The trees are still standing
The water stays still
The air tastes so lonely
I fight off a chill
Let this song bid goodbye
Until we return

Repeat chorus

And the rain keeps falling
From the clouds in your eyes
As we try to hang on
To the time that's passed us by
And the deeper our love
The harder we cry.

Phone broke the silence of the night
I'd been sleeping
And a voice said, "how you doing dan
Thought i'd call you for no reason."
And my mind flashed back two years
Since the last time i'd see her
When the love we'd shared had died

And she said, "things are going well for you
I'm glad you still have music
I remember times you felt so damned confused
I thought you'd lose it
Do you still make crazy faces
At the mirror in the morning
How come you never said goodbye."

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I chose my words so carefully
But i felt my past seducing me
"slow down", she said
"i just want to be your friend"
I said, "that's the way the whole thing started
And i just can't fall in love with you again
Knowing it'll end."

And all i heard was silence
And i wished she was beside me
Like the first time we made love
And i felt waterfalls inside me
So i tried to dial her number
But my fingers froze
And slowly - i closed my eyes

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Washed out in the stillness of the night
She's left searching
Once again love's promise has been broken
And he ignores indifferently to the rhythm of her breathing
As she lights a cigarette and waits for morning
Light years apart - they lie both together
Like a child caught playing with matches
She's been burned again by fire
And she knows she's been betrayed by her own imagination
The cigarette keeps burning as she curses her desire.

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And she thinks
She's the only one who's lonely
And she wants the world to feel sorry
And she's trapped
Within her own self pity
And she asks: will anybody love me.

And on the radio an old song sings
Suggesting that love is why we're living
As she turns the station fast.

She looks down at her lover
A friend of a friend of a stranger
As if his mouth might breathe an answer
And she knows she's getting older
The emptiness controls her
And the smoke curls round her fingertips
Like question marks in time
The sun plays with the windows
As the man wakes up beside her
Silences are awkward as he reaches for his clothes
And as he leaves
She feels suspended, invaded and rejected
The cigarette is ended
That's how her story goes

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And on the radio a new song sings
Suggesting that love is why we're living
Ironically she laughs
As she turns the station fast
She's given up on giving
Washed out in the stillness of the night
She's left searching

Wake up to the madness of the city
Say hello it's a brand new day
Brush my teeth read the paper
Everything is changing so fast it stays the same
Cars attack the city street
City sidewalk - city heat
People push and people fly
No one laughs and no one cries
Someone save me.

Look up - an office building
Stares right back indignantly
Look down - my feet keep moving
Shuffling to the city's endless beat
Billboards tell me what to buy
How to dress and how to die
Traffic signals starts to change
Madness starts all over again
Someone save me.

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My doctor says i need a brief vacation
Wife says it's just a stage, i'll be alright
Boss says i've got too much imagination
Papers tell me rain again tonight.

Wake up to the madness of the city
Close my eyes and fly to mars
A man jolts my arm i swing out madly
He swings back and i see stars
I curse my world beneath my breath
I curse myself i curse what's left
People push - people fly
No one laughs - no one cries
Someone save me

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Well i've been way so long
I'm too numb to dislike it
And la's one big hit song
I never learned to fight it
Dear caroline
It never meant to go this far
It started out to be a game
I never meant to be a star.

And everybody smiles
But their eyes stare out so empty
From a face they scrub with dial
And the words that spill so fancy
Dear caroline
I thought my songs would change the world
Instead of slowly getting rich
Off the emotions of young girls.

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And what really makes me laugh
Is that nothing's really changed
Since that day i left you years ago
To find myself a name
And what really makes me cry
Is that it's only an illusion
And all that success means
Is just money and confusion.

I've been told you settled down
Found yourself a family
I'll send my latest record down
The critics tell me that it's happening
Dear caroline
There's nothing really left to say
I hope you still remember me
After the songs all fade away.

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