Pay no attention to the writing on the wall
the words seem empty cause there's nothing there at all
we let the wise men  beat the drums  too soon
we were just children of the moon.

No one to turn to
nowhere to run to even if we could
too late to save us but try to understand
the seas were empty there was hunger in the land.

We let the blind man lead the way too long
easy to see where we went wrong
nothing to live for
nothing to die for
we're lost in the middle of a hopeless world
lost in the middle of a hopeless world.

Children children of the moon watch the world go by
children children of the moon are hiding from the sun and the sky
children children of the moon watch it all go by
children children of the moon are blinded by the light in their eyes.

No one to turn to
nowhere to run to even if we could
follow the pilgrim to the temple of the dawn
the altar's empty and the sacrifice is gone
we let the madmen write the golden rules
we were no more than mortal fools.

Nothing to live for
nothing to die for
we're lost in the middle of a hopeless world
lost in the middle of a hopeless world
children children of the moon watch the world go by
children children of the moon hiding from the sky.
 

Watching waiting rising falling
listening calling drifting
touching feeling seeing believing
hoping sending leaving
I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini
if I tried to write a million words a day
I see your shadow coming closer
then watch you drifting away.

Watching waiting rising falling
listening calling drifting
touching feeling seeing believing
hoping sending leaving
I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini
we are travelling a million worlds away
I see your shadow coming closer
then watch you drifting away.
  

If I cried out loud
over sorrows I've known
and the secrets I've heard
it would ease my mind
someone sharing the load
but I won't breathe a word.

We're two of a kind
silence and I
we need a chance to talk things over
two of a kind
silence and I
we'll find a way to work it out.

While the children laughed
I was always afraid
of the smile of the clown
so I close my eyes
till I can't see the light
and I hide from the sound.

We're two of a kind
silence and I
we need a chance to talk things over
two of a kind
silence and I
we'll find a way to work it out.

I can hear the cry
of the leaf on a tree
as it falls to the ground
I can hear the call
of an echoing voice
and there's no one around.

We're two of a kind
silence and I
we need a chance to talk things over
two of a kind
silence and I
we'll find a way to work it out.
  

Tell you 'bout a dream that I have every night
tell you 'bout a dream that I have every night
it ain't kodachrome and it isn't black and white
take me for a fool if you feel that's right
well I'm never on my own but there's nobody in sight.

I don't know if I'm scared of the lightning
trying to reach me
I can't turn to the left or the right
I'm too scared to run and I'm too weak to fight
but I don't care it's all  psychobabble  crap to me.

Tell you 'bout a dream that I have every night
it's in dolby stereo but I never hear it right
take me for a fool well that's alright
well I see the way to go but there isn't any light.

I don't know why I'm scared of the lightning
trying to reach me
help me to find what I don't wanna know
you're taking me there but I don't wanna go
I don't care it's all psychobabble crap to me
psychobabble all psychobabble
psychobabble all psychobabble
I don't care it's all psychobabble crap to me.

You're readin' my mind you won't look in my eyes
you say I do things that I don't realise
but I don't care it's all psychobabble crap to me
psychobabble all psychobabble
psychobabble all psychobabble
You're lighting a scene that's faded to black
I threw it away cause I don't want it back
but I don't care it's all psychobabble crap.
 

I was just a joker in a serious game
I didn't have the heart to play
but sooner or later
I'll find a reason to throw it away
risin' on the crest of a natural wave
that never seems to break my way
I'm livin' without it
but I got to do something about it.

Step by step little by little
step by step take it line by line
move move move, move a little closer.

I was just a runner in a one horse race
livin' on the  don't pass line
sooner or later
I got to lose cause I'm wasting my time
lady luck must have been a wonderful girl
she's never been a friend of mine
I'm living without her
but I still got that mountain to climb.

Step by step little by little
step by step rake it line by line
move move move, move a little closer.

Step by step the deal is mine
  

As far as my eyes can see
there are shadows approaching me
and to those I left behind
I wanted you to know
you've always shared my deepest thoughts
you follow where I go.

And oh when I'm old and wise
bitter words mean little to me
autumn winds will blow right through me
and someday in the mist of time
when they asked me if I knew you
I'd smile and say you were a friend of mine
and the sadness would be lifted from my eyes
oh when I'm old and wise

As far as my eyes can see
there are shadows surrounding me
and to those I leave behind
I want you all to know
you've always shared my darkest hours
I'll miss you when I go.

And oh, when I'm old and wise
heavy words that tossed and blew me
like autumn winds that will blow right through me
and someday in the mist of time
when they ask you if you knew me
remember that you were a friend of mine
as the final curtain falls before my eyes
oh when I'm old and wise.

As far as my eyes can see