For the first
time in my life
I'm not looking for love
I'm content with the ground at my feet
And the sky up above
For the first time in my life
I swear that it's true
I believe I don't need anything
Not even you.
For the first
time in my life
I believe that I can fly
I can leave the ground beneath me
And touch the sky
For the first time in my life
Can't believe that it's true
I am not afraid of anything
Not even you.
And the flowers
And the trees
Sing their own song
Over me
And the only
Doubt I find
Is dissolving
From my mind
From my mind
And I never asked for anything
That wasn't mine.
For the first
time in my life
I look you in the eye
I could never find the courage
I wonder why
For the first time in my life
I swear that it's true
I am not afraid of anything
Not even you.
If you hear my
voice, and forget my name
I'll be watching the clouds fly away
I won't regret if we have not met
In the afternoon sun of the day
Why should I care if you are no there
I have fought for my right to be free
You come my way, happy to repay
I will part with my own company.
But why should
I care
Why should I belong
When there's no place for me?
And why should I give in
If I am strong
I'll live in my own world
Why should I care?
If you see my
face, and forget my name
I'll be taking in all that I see
I'll make you wait if you hesitate
But I'll be there if you're needing me
Why should I care if you are not there
When the future is in front of me
So take my voice, and forget my name
I won't part with my own company.
I begin to see
the faces of the strangers that lay awake inside
All the years of finding faults and counting failures, I never even tried
And your words, they fall like teardrops onto my empty bed
And the hours pass like lovers with nothing left to give
I'm owning up
today
Owning up today
And I'm wishing all the way
I'm owning up today
The parade of
lost obsessions and collections of ever changing plans
The forgotten occupations, situations that slip right through my hands
And your eyes, they shine like diamonds into my broken soul
Will I ever stop the searching to fill this empty ghost?
I'm owning up
today
Owning up today
And I'm wishing all the way
I'm owning up today
Find another place
Where they don't know your face
Some things you can't erase
I'm owning up today
Counting reasons
for every single day
All the ugliness I see another way
Look into the people's eyes
No one stops to wonder what they see
Only me
Lonely me
Lonely me.
Tired of thinking
the only remedy
Is in knowing the things that cannot be
Never stop to wonder why
Lift your head up to the sky and sing
Lonely me
Lonely me
Lonely me.
How does the sun
dissolve into our eyes?
How does my heart reveal what I can't see?
You are the one I could never dream of
I wait for you to come back home to me
You're tearing
apart
You're tearing apart
My broken heart
Again
My broken heart
Won't mend.
Of all the gifts
of fate I have gathered
It's yours alone that brings a smile to me
I want to understand the meaning of this hunger
I want to end the overflowing of this pain.
You're tearing
apart
You're tearing apart
My broken heart
Again
My broken heart
Won't mend.
If you want me,
you have me, so who's to blame
When I can't see inside of me a place to claim?
If only to wake and see your face again.
Daylight falls
into night
Heaven above me, holding me tight
Gravity locking, but it's hardly enough for me.
On a dark, lonely
flight
Beautiful places shrouded in light
Offering nothing, cause it's hardly enough for me.
All my life, I
didn't know
Days go by to never return
Take my life, tearing me away.
Haunted by past memories
Close my eyes, and all that I see
Days gone by, and it's hardly enough for me.
Take me close
in your eyes
Time stands still in those lullabies
Pools of light and they're flowing inside of me.
Take me off in the light
Tell me lies, make it alright
Tell me all is as meant to be
Cause it's hardly enough for me.
I've paid my dues
in so many ways
I see your eyes and know that I'm saved
All my fears, they melt straight away
There's only you, to love and today.
All the worries
that plagued me
All the pain that I felt
All the times that were wasted
On bad hands that were dealt.
They disappear,
right into the past
There's just you and me, together at last.
And so to you,
this song I will sing
If only peace your presence will bring
All I need is all that I am
I hold the world inside of my hand
All the worries
that plagued me
All the pain that I felt
All the times that were wasted
On bad hands that were dealt
They disappear,
right into the past
There's just you and me, together at last.
All lyrics by Aimee Van Dyne, copyright 2002, BMI