How can you stand the silence
That pervades when we all cry
How can you watch the violence
That erupts before your eyes
How can you tell us something
Just to keep us hanging on
Something that
just don't mean nothing
When we see you, are gone
Clinging to some other rainbow
While we're standing
waiting outside in the cold
Telling us the same sad story
Knowing time is growing old
That was a wonderful remark
I had my eyes closed in the dark
I sighed a million sighs
I told a million lies to myself
to myself
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How can we listen to you
When we know that
your talk is cheap
How can we never question
Why we give more and you keep
How can your empty laughter
Fill a room like ours with joy
When you're only playing with us
Like a child does with a toy
How can we ever feel the freedom
Or the flame lit by the spark
How can we ever come out even
When reality is stark
That was a wonderful remark
I had my eyes closed in the dark
I sighed a million sighs
I told a million lies to myself
to myself
Lies to myself lies to myself
To myself to myself to myself
e the time and get it right