Staring At The Sun

Lonely girl lies awake at night
Silence ringing in her ears
There's a boy who is on her mind
So much promise unfulfilled
She had waited so patiently
He had nothing more to say
Not a sound as she slowly walked away

Lonely boy watching from the bridge
His reflection in the lake
There's a girl who seems out of reach
And a choice he has to make
Lonely boy what will you become
If you let her slip away
Tomorrow's pain of regret may come too late

Too many people
Suffer in silence
Because they're afraid
Love will never come their way

So many walk behind a veil of sorrow
So many know they have themselves to blame
Good reasons not to wait until tomorrow
So don't be afraid
Love will always come your way

He should say he's a lonely man
She may have heard it all before
He should say he's a faithful man
She can never be too sure
If only he would communicate
There'd be nothing in their way
Only then would she understand his pain

Too many people
Suffer in silence
Because they're afraid
Love will never come their way

So many walk behind a veil of sorrow
So many know they have themselves to blame

Too many people
Suffer in silence
So don't be afraid
Love will always come your way

Steppin' out from underneath my shadow
Walking home from fridays nine to five
Rememberin' the long way round the meadow
The one we used to take from time to time

I thought about you
How you must have changed now baby
Far away from me
How i used to savour all your kisses
Where no one else could see

Exchanging knowing glances across the schoolroom
Dreamin' of a love down by the sea
Changing plans to cover up for one another
Working on our secret fantasy

But now as i walk down the road to your house baby
There's no one there but me
How i wish that i could steal your kisses
Just as they used to be
And i wanna know

Tracie, where are you now girl
I don't know why this feeling's so strong
Tracie, where have you been
You know there's no one now to tell us we're wrong

Countin' by the street lights to the phone box
Where we used to meet before the dawn
Smoking on the top floor of the school bus
Promising the moon as we rode along

But now if i saw you across a crowded dance floor
Or somewhere in the town
Would you show me what i have been missing
And spin me round and round

Tracie, where are you now girl
I don't know why this feeling's so strong
Tracie, where have you been
You know there's no one now to tell us we're wrong

'cause deep inside from some other place
I turn to find we're there face to face
We laugh, we cry, we work and we play
As love filled night gives way to the day

(repeat chorus)

I'm a ragged man with a ragged heart
But i wear my soul with pride
You can see me on the road
See my carrying my home
And perhaps it seems that i'm all alone
But i'm happy here inside
You can keep your fancy dress
'cause to me it don't impress

When i look in your face
That camera smile looks out of place on you
By the look in your eyes
I can see you realize

So lend yourself to me
I'll show you what could be

Well i've come so far down so many roads
I've experienced your pain
You know that that's a fact
I can see the way you act
But i learned to see what was wrong with me
And i won't go back again
I know i've made mistakes
But i also made the break

You surround yourself
With secrets you are afraid to show to the world
You convince yourself
There's no other way to go don't you
See the smile on my face
Does it look so out of place

So lend yourself to me
I'll show you what could be (yes i will)

So many ways
For you to spend the passing days

Loving and living or losing and using
Life is forgiving so use it well
Feeling revealing or wheeling and dealing
Life's not for stealing and time will well

Take a look at your face
Take a look at your face

You must surely know
If man made heaven then man made hell
So take a look at yourself
What's this secret you can't tell me
(when i look in your face
I see that smile so out of place on you
And by the look in your eyes
I can see you realize, oh yeah)

No one heard you say your prayers ... for love
No one ever seemed to care ... for you
Blind as you run
Aware
You were staring at the sun

Always someone's favorite fool ... playing
Games that they'd invent for you ... losing
Your heart and soul
Aware
There's no way you can repair yourself

Your fragile face reflects
Years of neglect
Love for so long denied
Dies in your eyes
And so you kiss and give
Your heart away

Far from the start
You knew
There was something out of view

Like a burning spear of stars ... falling
You dissolve the night in tears ... so tired
Blinded you run
Aware
You were staring at the sun

You've given it all away
No more prayers today
You got a homeless heart
That's tearing you apart
You couldn't feel more cold
Inside your secret soul
You never found no one
You were staring at the sun
(staring at the sun)
(staring at the sun)

I'm going nowhere
Gotta face up to it
Gotta wake up to it
I feel so guilty
Killing time is a sin
There's no way you can win
A dam burst of dreams flow thru' me
They slow me where i could be
Flash point feelings flow
Thru' my mind moving

When my friends tell me
You just can't connect
You ain't got no respect
They tell me nothing
'cos i know about that
Yes i know about that
I'm not gonna take what people say
Don't feel that i belong today
Sense of freedom and
Sense of pride

From the mountains to the sea
I'll run across this land
Looking out for strength and beauty
A diamond in the sand
And i will chase the four winds over
Trying to understand
And i won't stop until i'm holding
Heaven in my hands

I won't let nobody
Turn me off of the track
Now there's no turning back
Won't let no worries
Turn my head inside out
Now there's no room for doubt
I'm heading for my destiny
And it feels electric to me
Flash point feelings flow
Thru' my mind

I was lonely going nowhere
Drowning on dry land
I was almost stranded there a
Shipwreck on the sand
But now i'll chase the whole world over
Making my demands
And i won't stop until i'm holding
Heaven in my hands

From the mountains to the sea
I'll run across this land
Looking out for strength and beauty
A diamond in the sand
And i will chase the four winds over
Trying to understand
And i won't stop until i'm holding
Heaven in my hands
I was lonely going nowhere
Drowning on dry land
I was almost stranded there a
Shipwreck on the sand
But now i'll chase the whole world over
Making my demands
And i won't stop until i'm holding
Heaven in my hands

(repeat)