What if your eyes close before mine

We're letting them get away with the steady manipulation of policy. While we party confetti falls on the unheard innocent,. The sick, and the sweating, but the profits we're netting. Convinces all that we're ready to just turn it down, shut it off. The sun is rising on an east coast morning and I'm drivin. To see the waves hit the sand on the shore, so I can dive in. Road so hot, I can see the heat rising, man I'm sweatin. Don't ya know I gotta get in the lovin ocean. The sun is setting on a west coast evening and I'm drivin.

Life so rough, I've been stressin everyday. But sometimes we all let the winds of change move us so freely. How can I let another no one sow the seed. And expect Gaia to just leave me alone and allow me to be me.

Beneath the palms with my feet in the sand you can find me dreaming. Change the opposition, it shall come to pass. A break in the glass, a break in the glass. For the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it exists forever…You may believe yourself out of harmony with life and its eternal Now; but you cannot be, for you are life and exist Now. Songs in my head just to drive away the demons.

Sometimes all I hear is that clock ticking. I close my eyes and I find myself slipping back. I think about all the good times and laughs that I shared yesterday.

I remember what it was like to not know peace. And I remember what it was like to not know love. They had another life, had another mission. We all have to make the choice to rise above it. It might be hard but grit your teeth and go and tough it out. Scream and shout, do what you will but love it. Your delusion and confusion keeps you fleeing from the light.

If you're righteous then you will find the rest of Earth lies in pieces. Making way in the world for the wicked through cries and appeasements. Then you can share wisdom with those who are willing to stand. And my head- It keeps spinning like I could never be sober. You say you're leaving me baby- I say I'm missing you more.

And I would never hurt you, burn you, cut you down to the core. But you got one foot on my heart and got one foot out of the door. But depending on whether the prior scene is told, it's a cycle.

I look, they're teetering on pride- they get the heater and they hide. They sneak a little piece of life then hole up, obey, and abide. When all the Universe, it tries to get you reeling- get you right. It never lets me down- it teaches me where to reach and where to run. So when life gets you down and people start to preach- the weight's a ton. We see the light as it is piercing through this dark and evil cloud. We hear the screaming of the system so we keep the music loud.

When you hear the thunder rumble and your foot is on the gas. If you're guessing, look around and know you are blessed too. And you'll probably find purpose if you put your ego aside. I see the Earth as part of me, so to be this free and easy. The Movement plants a tree- sows the seed just where the seed need be. So I take my pen and stab it thru the heart of Babylon I take my pen and stab it thru the heart of Babylon.

So many times I wanna stay but I gotta travel on I take my pen and stab it thru the heart of Babylon. Been a million miles- you can see just where this truth's been. See another side of life- try my strife but release the knife. Constantly pressured to be the best- Joshua please be my light. So many times I wanna stay but I gotta travel on I take my pen and stab it thru the heart of Babylon I take my pen and stab it thru the heart of Babylon. Still you know I got a way of vanishing like the smoke in the sky.

You know I got a habit and I know I don't have it to give away. Thinkin the role that you found is merely a mole in the mound. The morning always seems like a dream when I wanna wake up. The Lord took her away from me She's gone to heaven so I've got to be good So I can see my baby when I leave this world.

The leader of the band is tired And his eyes are growing old But his blood runs through my instrument And his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt To imitate the man I'm just a living legacy To the leader of the band.

Oh now feel it comin' back again like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind forces pullin' from the center of the earth again I can feel it. You're gone, gone, gone away I watched you disappear All that's left is a ghost of you Now we're torn, torn, torn apart.

I've been holding out so long I've been sleeping all alone Lord I miss you I've been hanging on the phone I've been sleeping all alone I want to kiss you. My lover's gone his boots no longer by my door he left at dawn and as I slept I felt him go.

Nobody knows Nobody knows but me That I sometimes cry If I could pretend that I'm asleep When my tears start to fall I peek out from behind these walls I think nobody knows Nobody knows no. So long ago, I don't remember when That's when they say I lost my only friend Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease As I listened through the cemetery trees. I can still feel you hold my hand, little man And even the moment I knew You fought it hard like an army guy Remember I leaned in and whispered to you.

We drank a toast to innocence We drank a toast to now And tried to reach beyond the emptiness But neither one knew how. And you probably don't want to hear tomorrow's another day Well I promise you you'll see the sun again And you're asking me why pain's the only way to happiness And I promise you you'll see the sun again.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you I wish nothing but the best for you too Don't forget me, I beg I remember you said. For you, there'll be no more crying For you, the sun will be shining And I feel that when I'm with you It's alright, I know it's right. You're not gone you're still here With me all the time You're still here When I close my eyes I still see you I still feel you.

I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life. And the hardest part Was letting go, not taking part You really broke my heart And I tried to sing But I couldn't think of anything And that was the hardest part.

When I was younger I saw my daddy cry and curse at the wind He broke his own heart and I watched as he tried to reassemble it. In my dreams I'll always see you soar Above the sky In my heart There will always be a place For you for all my life. If you're lost you can look - and you will find me Time after time If you fall I will catch you - I'll be waiting Time after time. And there has always been laughing, crying, birth, and dying Boys and girls with hearts that take and give and break And heal and grow and recreate and raise and nurture.

So take a good look at my face You'll see my smile seems out of place And if you look closer, it's easy to trace The tracks of my tears, I need you, need you. But I see your true colours Shining through I see your true colours And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show Your true colours True colours are beautiful Like a rainbow.

I remember how rough your hand felt on mine On my wedding day And the tears cried on my shoulder I couldn't turn away. I see trees that are green, red roses too I watch them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

And as I float along this ocean I can feel you like a notion that won't seem to let me go Cause when I look to the sky something tells me you're here with me And you make everything alright. If someone said three years from now You'd be long gone I'd stand up and punch them out Cause they're all wrong I know better Cause you said forever And ever Who knew. It was you they told me who was in trouble I couldn't breathe on the other side of the world And there was nothing I could do to help you And it's true today would be your birthday.

See the stone set in your eyes See the thorn twist in your side I wait for you Sleight of hand and twist of fate On a bed of nails she makes me wait And I wait- without you.

Don't give up It's just the weight of the world When your heart's heavy I I will lift it for you. God's given us years of happiness here Now we must part And as the angels come and call for you The pains of grief tug at my heart. So take a look at me now, oh there's just an empty space And there's nothing left here to remind me just the memory of your face. All at once The world can overwhelm me There's almost nothin' that you could tell me That could ease my mind. Have you ever really loved an angel Once you have you'll never be the same again Have you ever had to let go of an angel Say goodbye, let 'em fly, my angel, my best friend.

Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in. I close my eyes, never to sleep I tell you all the things I should have said But you'll never know How could I act such a part As to love the one who breaks my heart I had to go So I try to laugh about it Cover it all up with lies I try to laugh about it Hiding the tears in my eyes 'cause boys don't cry.

Daniel my brother you are older than me Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal Your eyes have died but you see more than I Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky. When I saw the break of day I wished that I could fly away Instead of kneeling in the sand Catching teardrops in my hand.

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain. What if you lose yourself sometimes? Then I'll be the one to find you Safe in my heart 'Cause I am giving up on making passes and I am giving up on half empty glasses and I am giving up on greener grasses I am giving 'Cause I am giving up I am giving up 'Cause I am giving up I am giving up I am giving up on greener grasses I am giving up for you, oh I am giving up for you, oh I am giving up Edit Lyrics.

Giving Up song meanings. Add Your Thoughts 26 Comments. My Interpretation I love this song because it's an example of what love is all about. Doubt and faith. She loves a guy, and the relationship is obviously getting very serious. And any time someone thinks about taking their relationship to the next level, such as with marriage, there's doubt.

We don't trust ourselves. Pessimistic "half-empty glasses" thoughts pop into our heads about if we're right for this person and if they're right for us.

Can we keep them happy forever, will our feelings for them change, will we regret our decision? The magnitude of a committemnt like marriage drowns us in such thoughts.

That person that's all of what you want and none of what you don't. So even when we're with an awesome partner we can't help having fleeting thoughts of, "what if I can do better? But she realizes, that we could waste a whole life thinking that way.

We could lose a great thing by doubting it and thinking about attaining a perfect person. No, instead, she chooses to have faith.

She decideds that this person she loves is worth the leap. That she's giving up on having those teenage, idealists ideas that prevent true happiness rather than enjoying it. She's giving up because what she has it worth it, and she's truly happy. Those are my thoughts on the song. I love this song. It's very true and very human. No Replies Log in to reply.

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