The River That Flows by Stephen Man (ebook reader web TXT) 📕

Is a dream a nightmare
Because it can’t come true?
Is heartache a reason
For my heart wanting you?
Is a storm a season
Or a wave of agony?
And is a lie an untruth
If I need you here by me?

Is our love a contract
Or a reason to survive?
Is a cry a whisper
Or a dream that’s come alive?
Is a man a hero
Or a coward in disguise?
Is a lover human
Or an angel full of lies?

Is a woman man enough
Because she holds the reigns?
Is a child strong enough
To live and play the games?
Is a question fair to ask
When the answer’s just a lie?
And is the answer just enough
Or a reason to make you cry?

Is a nightmare just a dream
Or a love that has gone wrong?
Is a feeling hard to fake
When the love is not so strong?
Is a home a place to build
When the trusting isn’t there?
And is it fair to hold on
To a dreamers last nightmare?

A world full of questions
With the answers hard to find
A love without a reason
Is like a dream of the mind
A world full of questions
Where lonely hearts survive
A world full of questions
And an answer full of lies.

Fifteen years of total darkness
Fifteen years of staring into the night
Now suddenly my eyes are wakened
Suddenly before me I see light
Fifteen years of timid footsteps
Fifteen years of being too scared to run
Now suddenly my sight is dawning
And with the dawning comes the morning sun.

Fifteen years of reaching out
Fifteen years of touching an unseen hand
Now all at once I see the future
All at once I see before me land
Fifteen years of asking questions
Fifteen years of not seeing the reply
Now all at one my quest is answered
And with the answer comes the morning sky.

Fifteen years of keeping faith
Fifteen years of praying to above
Now suddenly I see my family
Suddenly my eyes are filled with love
Fifteen years of seeing nothing
Fifteen years of only touching you
Now all at once I see the morning
All at once I see the love in you.

The river that flows to the sea
Holds the key to your door
Like the grace of the birds wing
It flows on for evermore
The river that flows to your door
Leaves me silent on the shore
Something’s changed
You’re not waiting there anymore.

The river that flows to the sea
Waits for me, waits for me
The river that flows to the sea
Holds the key, holds the key
The river that flows to your door
Cries bitter tears for me
Like the rolling waves on the shore
The river holds the key.

Where once it flowed with grace
The river now rushes by
In the waves I see your face
But the question is still why
The river still flows to the sea
But you’re not waiting there for me
Something’s changed at your door
You’re not waiting there anymore.

The river that flows to the sea
Has shed many tears for me
But like the face at your door
It doesn’t shed them anymore
The river that flows to your door
Has left me silent on the shore
But the river that flows to the sea
Still calls to me.

The river that flows to the sea
Waits for me, waits for me
The river that flows to your door
Holds the key, holds the key
The river that flows to me
Waits for me, waits for me
I'll be waiting there for you
Where the river greets the sea.

When the skies turn black
And your blood runs cold
And the world stops revolving
When the moon explodes
And the stars grow dim
And the sun stops shining.

When the cold winds blow
And the oceans freeze
And the lands turn to dust
When the rivers run dry
And the mountains fall
And the trees all turn to rust.

When all the love has gone
These things will be done
When all the love has gone
These things will become
When all the love is gone
Then no love will go on.

The moon is dancing on the sea
The waves are calling out to me
There’s a fire in the ocean
And a flame in my heart
It’s coming straight from the soul
Like a light in the dark
The edge of forever’s only hours away
We’re held by the chord from yesterday
There’s a heart in the sky
Shining softly in gold
It’s bringing out a passion
And it’s straight from the soul.

The mist is rolling across the moon
There’ll be darkness on the sand too soon
The horizon melts into a haze
In your eyes I see your soul ablaze
It's coming straight from forever
Like a painting in a cave
We’re dreaming on the wire tonight
We’re floating high out into the night
The moon is a tremble
That reaches far down below
My heart is pure fire
That's coming straight from my soul.

 

We ain’t getting no younger
And the tide of life is pulling us under
Through our veins our blood it races like thunder
In our bodies there surges a raging hunger
It’s down to you my love
We ain’t getting no younger.

We’re at the age of desperate hours
We need to feel something before it’s over
Our bodies are tired from life’s race
The heart is slow but you can feel the pace
We’re standing on the ground but in the air
And you don’t give a damn but still you care
Are you here with me or a forbidden place
Is that your smile I see on another’s face?

With a tear in your eye your bodies on thrust
My heart’s feeling the heat it’s about to bust
We’re diving off a knife-edge to another dream
I’m crying for some feeling come on hear me scream
You’re reaching for my heart it’s in my mouth
We’re dying in this love but we’ll make it somehow
Your hands are trembling as you tear at my skin
The waves are crashing louder than our sin.

They’re calling for us out in the darkest night
We ain’t got much longer but we’ll get it right
You know the dream we had has somehow failed
But still the night is young and the moon is pale
We’ll try it ‘til forever and eternity
We can’t let it up there’s only you and me
I want to see that your eyes are still so bright
You need to shed your tears now and for tonight.

It’s sad it’s strange
But it’s true
Something has come between me and you
I'm told it’s so cold
And it’s blue
And it will stay with us whatever we do
It’s such a shame
Just when I thought we had won the game.

It’s hard it hurts
And who knows
Just how much longer we can take the blows
It’s too late its fate
So why wait
Let’s get it over before it turns to hate
It’s just so sad
When I think of all that we had.

It’s over it’s gone
It is the end
And it looks like I have lost a good friend
It’s sad it’s true
But it’s been said
And we could only watch as our love bled
It’s just not fair
When I finally thought we were there
It’s all over and done
And it looks like they have won.