"The Division Bell"


"High Hopes"

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

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
nights 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  attitude  with flag unfuried We reached the dizzy heights of
that dreamed of world

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

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



"Take It Back"

Her  love  rains down on me easy as the breeze I listen to her 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 lie 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 have seen the warnings, screaming from all sides It's easy to ignore
them and G-d knows I've tried All of this temptation, it turned my faith to
lies Until I couldn't see the danger or hear the rising tide

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

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

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