Do you hide your wrinkled hands
so I can't see the ropes that keep them bound?
Though you know the ancient handclasp,
the doorway can't be found.
I wish I could, help you find your way.
I wish I could, show you to the door.
You see that I'm falling down
and rush to kick me while I'm down.
And the saddest thing I know
is that you don't even know.
The cruelest words, the cruelest things,
come from innocent souls.
The cruelest words, the cruelest things,
come from innocent souls.
We all have a secret wish.
I wish you all would drop near dead
and resurrect the simple phrase,
there is more to life than living.
Let us all live in love.
I wish we could. I wish we could.
Let us all live in love.
I wish we could. I wish we could.
Now I lay down on the alter,
and cover myself with everything red.
I can not have your attention;
must I light this fire and burn?
I can't give and you can't take
the things I truly have.
I can't give and you can't take
the things I truly have.
never stop, never stop,
trying to find the end.
never stop, never stop,
trying to find the end.