Under a blackened sky
Far beyond the glaring streetlights
Sleeping on empty dreams
The vultures lie in waitYou lay down beside me then
You were with me every waking hour
So close I could feel your breathWhen all we wanted was the dream
To have and to hold that precious little thing
Like every generation yields
The new born hope unjaded by their yearsPressed up against the glass
I found myself wanting sympathy
But to be consumed again
Oh, I know would be the death of meAnd there is a love that's inherently given
A kind of blindness often to appease
And in that light of forbidden joy
Oh, I know I won't receive itWhen all we wanted was the dream
To have and to hold that precious little thing
Like every generation yields
The newborn hope unjaded by their yearsYou know if I leave you now
It doesn't mean that I love you any less
It's just the state I'm in
I can't be good to anyone else like thisWhen all we wanted was the dream
To have and to hold that precious little thing
Like every generation yields
The new born hope unjaded by their years