Shimmers, distant place, different shapes, I feel shivers Down my spine, downing wine Only time will tell the fables To our not so grateful neighbours When we're gone Captivated, the horizon draws your eyes To its ever changing coloured skies And from the sand we coincide From dusted earth we rise and we fall They call me a wanderer We travel through the night Endless dunes on foot we fight Ragged clothes and bones are broken Wanderer The day is breaking so is my mind Wanderer Wanderer Wanderer Wanderer Only the desert knows how to stay calm My only refuge is writing this song Sand dunes ahead of me They're lit by the moon Dancing in the pale blue light Many have tried, many have failed Only the strong willed can handle this journey Whether we make it or whether we die We will see each other again Silhouetted figure among the haze The blazing sunset speaks to me My head is somehow ceaselessly imagining Projections of a stranger crouching over Helping hands outstretched to me But I know there's no help coming Wanderer Wanderer Wanderer Wanderer

For so long you were lost to me Now you have been found Long ago I thought I knew how it's supposed to be What is this charm you cast upon me For I cannot seem to breathe When the thought of you breaks free For once you will find me Some will say unsightly What was it for What was it that we had We must away for a time We must away for a while I don't want you to feed the flame With your cold desire We are just fragile mechanisms Waiting to expire Why do we hide our pain Why do we fan the embers inside For once you will find me Some will say unsightly What was it for What was it that we had We must away for a time We must away for a while We must away for a time We must away for a while

I paint myself red When I think of all the things I said I won't let it spread It's been a long time now inside my head I fell off the edge And you tumbled after me no knowing I thought we were fine But life has a habit of changing minds Oh we tried so hard to stay afloat before the end Now we know It's not easy To move forward And forget We don't know what we've lost I feel unfinished I will find a way To see the things that you already see I won't bar your way I just want for you to feel okay Oh we tried so hard To stay afloat before the end Now we know It's not easy To move forward And forget We don't know what we've lost I feel unfinished

Well I guess I thought it washed away In the storm of yesterday I'd hoped that it would be easier Now I know They're always here to stay In the shadows of the past I find myself Looking through pictures On the bookshelf There's a crawlspace Within in my heart I do not take kindly to my selfish ways Someday I will Close my eyes for good But not today Somewhere inside You'll find the will To fight again Cos I'm faltering I've lost my way Well I guess it's time to find a way Out from underneath the clay I won't let it bury me It will be so hard to not be lead astray In the headlights of the future I see myself Painting a picture Of my bookshelf Like a carapace I shield my heart I will take up arms against our selfish ways Someday I will Close my eyes for good But not today Somewhere inside You'll find the will To fight again Cos I'm faltering I've lost my way

Sitting on A wooden chair Gripping the edge My knuckles bone bare Feeling anxious Those demons still haunt me Cos I thought They were in my room last night But it must have been my mind again Oh why does it have to feel so real When they rip and tear through my skin Slowly waking Those figures still fading My heart is beating Faster than light Cos I thought That they wouldn't come tonight Yet there they stand eyes fixed on me Oh why does it have to happen now Oh I should have just stayed outside Cos truth be told I thought that they had gone But they were dormant underneath the sun I will not die I will not die

You fill the air While I fall through the floor Lift me up before I sink some more I try to paint a picture in your head You rearrange all of the things I've said If only we could follow our feet Look around and plainly see All the colours As vivid as before Do we not share the same design We both laugh and cry and hurt sometimes Still you're blinded by your violent sight You can only see in black and white If only we could follow our feet Look around and plainly see All the colours As vivid as before Please don't hold your breath You know some things only change when you want them to Though everything it seems hidden from view Won't you take your head from your hands And see Isn't it funny how we fight And we love to push away And we love to give out blame Though we won't receive it Some questions they will turn you upside down It's easier to block out all the sound I tell myself that I'm still in the right The blackened skies make sleeping hard some nights If only we could follow our feet Look around and plainly see All the colours As vivid as before Please don't hold your breath You know some things only change when you want them to Though everything it seems hidden from view Won't you take your head from your hands And see Isn't it funny how we fight And we love to push away And we love to give out blame Though we won't receive it Oh you mirror hanging there on the wall Am I just as cruel as them all Stony exterior made up my mind I'll batter and bruise till you see with my eyes Oh you mirror hanging there on the wall Am I just as cruel as them all Stony exterior made up my mind I'll batter and bruise till you see with my eyes If only it was easy If only it was quick If only it took nothing But nothing's an easy fix If only If only If only If only

Pick up the guitar And sing for me your latest song I see the hesitation in your eyes As you tune the strings With cold hands Cold expression Your mind is numb You have nowhere to hide But there's no need to run I've been in your shoes countless times I know exactly how you feel Clear as spring your voice rings out Like nothing else I've ever heard Fingers in a whirlwind Of metallic complication I dare not Move a muscle Fearing I could break the spell that holds you In this trance right now I wish that we could be ourselves At least it's what we need for now Take heed and take my hand It's cold outside Take care and take a breath You can't just hide away Hide away, hide away, hide away Hide away, hide away, hide away Hide away, hide away, hide away Hide away, hide away, hide away

I've been gone For so long Now the fighting's done I no longer Know myself But I still know I'm inside Rain will fall again Now is not the time I will be there for Your eyes meeting mine I am standing now Taller than before Though my legs are shaking still And my head is wearing out There's a ladder I must climb It's splintered and it's old Still I must go on Scale this wall One foot at a time Sun will shine again Now is not the time You will be there for My eyes meeting yours I am standing now Taller than before Though my legs are shaking still And my head is wearing out

Look at those eyes Framed on the mantle So full of life In faded colour So much has changed Head of a hydra Your blade is sharp Still I am standing Searching for the passage out of Here is the smile I lost A while ago And tell me how did That boy fall That boy fall Riddles and wine Swirl in my mind Why does it seem Easy for others Why's it so hard To be alive So many questions No one can answer He thought he would never Be struck down the hillside he ran For his life has many corners To go round To go round