1. IT TAKES SO LONG

You wait for everyone
We never get things done
Setting our courses for the sun
Riding dead horses
It takes so long

You're always by my side
You've felt the tears I cried
Held out your hand for me to hold
I sifted through like sand
It takes so long

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It takes so long for me to learn your song
It takes so long - Help me sing along
(It takes so long...)

I break your heart so many times
I try to see you, but I'm blind
Oh, it takes so long!
It takes so long!

[Chorus]


2. CIRCLE

Dark of night
Guiding light spirits
Keep the young ones afraid
Too small to fight
Fire that burns inside of them
The ones you betray

[Chorus:]
Where is God?
Where?
Circle of Pain
(In the) Circle of Pain
(Circle of Pain)

Large eyes see
Always listening
Fear gets in the way
They can't speak
Always reminded of the...
Dark and terrible place

[Chorus] (x2)


3. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

She gave me love for a while
She's stole my fear
All of the longing for someone to care
Out of the blue, she was there

All I wanted was her beside me
All I have now is me

[Chorus 1:]
I should have known it all along
How could I have been so wrong?
I should have known it was too good to believe

She was just like a dream - I thought things were just...
Just like they seemed
It's only another time I fooled myself
I wanted so much to believe

[Chorus 1]

All I wanted was her beside me
All I have now is me
It's only another time I fooled myself
I wanted so much to believe

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2:]
I should have known it all along
I was so wrong
I know it was too good to believe


4. HIGHER

This is me - I'm in my own way
Sometimes mine is the darkest parade
The casting of pearls before swine
The piles of things I left behind
Eyes stare back down at me
How can a man made of dust become clean?

[Chorus:]
Higher...Higher....
Higher - Never closer!
Higher...Higher
Higher - (I) just can't reach you!

Breathe on me - My windows all break
All this bleeding just for my sake
The day that I left you behind
Promised you still could be mine
Your eyes stare back down at me
How can a man made of dust become clean?

[Chorus] (x2)


5. GHOST OF HEAVEN

High above the highest star
Songs of You the angels sing
Only You could fill my heart
Only You could bring me where You are

[Chorus:]
Ghost of Heaven hear my plea
Holy Voice, won't You speak to me?
(x2)

My mind is cold and gray
Angry voices call my name
It's hard to move these feet of clay
Let me hear Your voice today

[Chorus]

I'm waiting for You
Kneeling before You

[Chorus]

Ghost of Heaven...


6. NO GOOD REASON

I can hear you calling
Asking where I am, but you already know
And I feel your eyes on me
And I hide for no good reason

[Chorus:]
There's no good reason
(There's no good reason)
(There's no good reason)
No good reason

I'm not afraid of this thing
I am still resisting
And I know you'd touch me if I'd only let you
And I wait for no good reason

[Chorus]

I can hear you calling
Asking where I am, but you already know
And I feel your eyes on me
And I hide for no good reason

[Chorus]


7. DROWNING MAN

I can see the lifeguard on the shore, and he sees me
My waving arms he just ignores, but I know he sees
I'm going under for the last time
I'm sinking down - Can't they see?
I can't breathe!

[Chorus:]
Oh God, help me! Take my hand! (Help me...Take my hand)
Please save this drowning man! (Save me...I'm a drowning man)
(Please save me!)
(Oh God...)
(x2)

I didn't feel like I had gone so far
I never thought that it could be so hard out here
I'm going under for the last time
I'm sinking down - Can't they see?
I can't breathe!

[Chorus]

I never thought that it could be so hard out here
I'm going under for the last time
I'm sinking down - Can't they see?

[Chorus]


8. MARY

Can you hear me Mary, Mother of God?
Can you understand these words?
It's so hard for me to figure why...
I should ask these things of you

Mary, can you hear me when I pray?
Mary...

Can you feel it, Mary? Hands reach for your grace
Is there power in your name?
Do their prayers surround you? Do they light up your face?
Does this cover you with shame?

[Chorus:]
Mary, can you hear these people pray?
Mary, someone's calling on your name
Mary, can you hear these people pray?
Mary...

[Chorus]