I Forget Where We Were - Ben Howard

I said "God I do not understand this world" Everything is dying and broken Why do I see nothing but suffering God I'm asking could this be your plan? Sin has taken hold of this whole land Will You not say anything else to me? He said "where were you the day that I measured" Sunk the banks and stretched the line over All the earth and carved out its corner stone? Where were you the day that I spoke and Told the sun to split the night open Calmed the morning dawn with its light to show Who shut in the ocean with stone doors Marked the reach of tides on those new shores Hung the day the waves rose and first broke forth Have you seen the springs of that great sea Walked the caverns carved in the black deep Through the gates of darkness there on its floor Have you seen the armoury I hold Snow and haild are stacked up in silos For the times of trouble and war and strife Can you raise your voice to the storm cloud Would the thunder answer and ring out Does the lightning ask you where it should strike Who has cleft the channels for torrents Rain to sprout the desert with forest In the wilderness that my hand has built Can you hunt the prey for your lions Can you use the chords of Orion Is this whole world bening beneath your will? I spoke of things I did not understand Things too wonderful for me Although I had no right to ask My God knelt and answered me

Go! Stapled shut, inside an outside world and I'm Sealed in tight, bizarre but right at home Claustrophobic, closing in and I'm catastrophic, not again I'm smeared across the page and doused in gasoline I wear you like a stain yet I'm the one who's obscene Catch me up on all your sordid little insurrections I've got no time to lose, I'm just caught up in all the cattle Fray the strings Throw the shapes Hold your breath Listen! I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that! I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that! I'm ripped across the ditch and settled in the dirt and I Wear you like a stitch yet I'm the one who's hurt Pay attention to your twisted little indiscretions I've got no right to win, I'm just caught up in all the battles Locked in clutch Pushed in place Hold your breath Listen! I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that! I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that! My end, it justifies my means All I ever do is delay My every attempt to evade The end of the road And my end, it justifies my means All I ever do is delay My every attempt to evade The end of the road! I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that! I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that! I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Oh!

Mr. Hughes, how are you? I know it's been a while But I've been dying, trying to capture A billion smiles People like us, we are Always misunderstood Though there's ups and downs the bad outshines the good Howard you're a 10, but I'm not sure this ends well Hold it close to your heart What ever happened to Howard Hughes? I guess life wasn't good to you You gave it all you got, and still they threw you out For being you Even with our success we're as good as dead Our worst critics were in our head Society don't accept me or you And all our friends agree People say we're done for We're liabilities But I brought property on the thin line between genius and insanity You wrote the books on brains and wealth, and looks Ahead of both our times Free thinkers only thrive in history books Howard you're a 10, but I'm not sure this ends well Hold it close to your heart What ever happened to Howard Hughes? I guess life wasn't good to you You gave it all you got, and still they threw you out For being you Even with our success we're as good as dead Our worst critics were in our head Society don't accept me or you And all our friends agree Howard, my dear Was it films and planes that made you this way? Howard, my dear They spoke and we're jokes Howard you're a 10, but I'm not sure this ends well Hold it close to your heart What ever happened to Howard Hughes? I guess life wasn't good to you You gave it all you got, and still they threw you out For being you Even with our success we're as good as dead Our worst critics were in our head Society don't accept me or you And all our friends agree