It was a cold night in December
The snow lay on the ground
She was coming home from school one night
From the other side of town
It was getting late, there was something wrong
Then I heard the news
A TV Flash and by 9 o'clock
They'd found her socks and shoes.
Daddy come and bring me home
I didn't know which way to turn
I was shaking like a leaf
I got into my car and drove
Searching every street
Has anybody seen her
Have you found my little girl
She's all I have, all I possess
And to me, she means the world.
I can hear her calling
Daddy come and bring me home
Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home
Daddy, when are you gonna bring me home.
As time went by each silent night
We knew all hope was gone
We knew the light had flickered
From the eyes that once had shone
They caught a man in a bar one night
He confessed to what he'd done
He'd laid her body out in some dark wood
Just didn't know which one,
Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home
Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home.
I just couldn't leave her out there
Lying on her own
'Cause she belongs to me
And I belong to her
I know she rests in Heaven
With the angels on a throne
But now I hear her calling
Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home
Daddy come and bring me home
Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home
Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home.
Watch as the demons dance - they move like a spider
Look in the devil's eyes, as he goes for the kill
In the valley of truth the shadow is just getting wider
While the fingers are freezing the potion is starting to
chill
Still we all walk on, one by one
A spectre is screaming, there's fire in the heat of the city
The neon is burning- the walls are starting to crack
Even under the ground the subway is littered with pity
Just look over your shoulder you'll notice a knife in your
back
Still we all walk on, one by one
Out of this cocoon - reachin' for the moon, we pray
Though our dreams are made of sand,
there's fate in every hand we play
We're searchin' for the flame, where in Heaven's name
will light be found again
So when will the falcon rise - I'm starting to wonder
His talons are sharp as a dagger, he's looking for blood
'Til we carry the word of light, we'll be hidden by thunder
'Til we open the door of our being we'll drown in the flood
Still we all walk on, one by one
Out of this cocoon...
Just take my heart put it on ice
'Cause I don't think I could stand another blow
Just one more tumble of the dice
Though it's slipping through my hands
I can't let go
And when the hard rain falls
Whatever you may say
There's no hiding in this jungle
You just can't run away
And I'm sorry when I fell from grace
Unable to conceal
Only passion is a fool to chase
The loneliness I fell.
Just take my heart into the night
It no longer needs to see the light of day
Heaven knows I cannot fight
As the edges of my soul get
chipped away.
Walking down this street
The gutter runs with tears
I would sell my heart
To cross the bridge of compromise
But you cannot walk on broken glass
'Cause every step you take
Is just one cut deeper than the last
Just one more heart you break
Just take my heart put it on ice
Your love is a fire, a burning hurricane
We can never cross the river of good-byes
While desire hides in the darkness
Searching for the flame
There were so many days
And still I wonder why
I will never mend these broken wings
No matter how I try
I thought we had it all, but now it seems
We just flickered like a candle
In the cathedral of our dreams
Just take my heart put it on ice
Your love is a fire, a burning hurricane
We can never cross the river of good- byes
While desire hides in the darkness
Searching for the flame
Just take my heart put it on ice
Your love is a fire, a burning hurricane
We can never cross the river of good-byes
While desire hides in the darkness
Searching for the flame
Lead me from tortured dreams
Childhood themes of nights alone.
Wipe away endless years,
childhood tears as dry as stone.
From seeds of confusion,
illusions dark blossoms have grown.
Even now in furrows of sorrow
the dance still is sung.
My life's course is guided
decided by limits drawn
on charts of my past ways
and pathways since I was born.
I carry the dust of a journey
that cannot be shaken away
It lives deep within me
for I breathed it every day
You and I are yesterday's answers
the earth of the past come to flesh
Eroded by time's rivers
to the shapes we now possess
Come share of my breath and my substance
and mingle our streams and our times
In bright infinite moments
our reasons are lost in our eyes
