High on the bell tower I took my view Over the downtowns On the avenues Where the streets are wide And the people thrive And it's further to fall down 'Cause you fly so high I've never seen such beauty I've never seen such clear skies I've never seen such high hopes I've never seen such tired eyes And I wish that I could be Everything you are Everything you are Down in the delta The city wakes Turns on the TV As the levee breaks Where the streets are burned By the summer sun And there's nowhere to run to When your time has come I've never seen such beauty I've never seen such clear skies I've never seen such high hopes I've never seen such tired eyes Pulled the roots up piece by piece Felt life washing over me Took my pills and I went to sleep Oh, I sang myself to sleep And I wish that I could be Everything you are Everything you are And I wish that I could see The world the way you do As selfishly as you Yeah, and I wish that I could be Everything you are Everything you are And I wish that I could stick My faith the way you do As certainly as you Clear skies gonna fall on you Clear skies gonna fall on you Clear skies gonna fall on you On you On you Clear skies gonna fall on you Clear skies...

Well, you were happy where you were But that girl, she reeled you in This town was never good enough 'Cause she was gonna see everything And if you ever spoke of love She just smiled and put you down 'Cause she was making other plans She had a vision of light and sound She said, "The neon on the river will light my way And everything that we've been dreaming of we'll make it real one day So, save your money, pack your bag We'd better run before we disappear" She took the train into the city, but you're still here You hear a song that takes you back To some long forgotten night And friends who said they had your back But they just turned and ran and let you fight And on the bowling alley wall You used all your smartest lines But they've been painted over now Looks like you're gonna get left behind She said, 'The neon on the river will light my way And all the things that we've been dreaming of we'll make them real one day So, save your money, pack your bag I wanna run with you on Stamford Hill" She took the train into the city, but you stood still You stood still above the track You knew as you watched her go That she was never coming back You stopped at places that you know You said "You were you scared of heights And that you didn't want to go" Where everyone else goes She said, "The neon on the river will light my way And everything that we've been dreaming of we'll make it real one day So, save your money, pack your bag We'd better run before we disappear" She took the train into the city, but you're still here She took the train into the city, but you're still here

I don't wanna be adored Don't wanna be first in line Or make myself heard I'd like to bring a little light To shine a light on your life To make you feel loved No, I don't wanna be the only one you know I wanna be the place you call home I lay myself down To make it so But you don't want to know I give much more than I'd ever ask for Will you see me in the end Or is it just a waste of time? Tryin' to be your friend? Just shine, shine, shine Shine a little light Shine a light on my life And warm me up again Fool, I wonder if you know yourself at all You know that it could be so simple I lay myself down To make it so But you don't want to know You take much more than I'd ever ask for Say a word or two to brighten my day Do you think that you could see your way To lay yourself down And make it so? But you don't want to know You take much more than I'd ever ask for