The Glade (A Drink's Tale) - Saavan

The nights are colder now Maybe I should close the door And anyway the snow has covered all your footsteps And I can follow you no more The fire still burns at night The memories are warm and clear But everybody knows It's hard to be alone this time of year It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? A love that can never be Though it meant a lot to you and me On a world-wide scale We're just another winter's tale While I stand alone A bell is ringing far away I wonder if you're here I wonder if you're listening I wonder where you are today Good luck, I wish you well For all that wishes may be worth I hope that love and strength Are with you for the length Of your time on earth It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? It's a love that can never be Though it meant a lot to you and me On a world-wide scale We're just another winter's tale It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? It's a love that can never be Though it meant a lot to you and me On a world-wide scale We're just another winter's tale We're just another winter's tale

Looking back now I didn't know what it was supposed to be And, and it's like raising' kids, man If you weren't raised, you don't know how to raise, you know? I just did the best thing I could with them because They know fucking well I love them But I didn't do the best I could I didn't know what the fuck I was doing I didn't I will never forget watching my mother get put in a straight jacket And taken out of my home when I was only seven years old She was diagnosed with dementia praecox and put in a mental institution Leaving my daddy alone with me and my little brother Lloyd I later had an evil stepmother Who further cemented the idea that I didn't need a mother Growing up without one Had long lasting impressions I didn't fully understand until much later in life It bled into my relationships with family And those I had become romantically involved with Whenever I got too close to a woman I would cut her off Part of that was vindictive and partially based on fear But it was also totally subconscious Looking back is a bitch, innit?

As you watch from your house on the hill World keeps spinning around you you're standing still And a thought rivers enters your mind Something happened once in my life A fading picture of you that's so hard to describe I've been where the sun never shines That's alright there's a change in the story That's alright there's a change in the plan A twist in the tale Face in the mirror head in the clouds Hanging on to a dream that you can't do without As it drops like a stone without trace Give what you want take what you need Squeezing so hard there's no room to breathe And your flavour has fallen from grace That's alright there's a change in the story That's alright there's a change in the plan A twist in the tale I saw you dancing Dancing on air You were lost in the in the starlight No one but me really cared Every question turns out a lie Can't you swallow the truth for once in your life I loved you but don't ask me why It's alright there's a change in the story It's alright there's a change in the plan A twist in the tale

You said that you had things to teach me And now, I see it all so clear We're led each moment that we live in To the only choice we're given Where we live in love or fear And you, you knew it's never easy It's never black or white, just shades of gray All we do is face up to those choices And obey our inner voices And hope we find our way And all the choices we make Will shape our lives forever Every path we take When push comes down to shove Every moment counts It's always now or never And although God knows You chose the life you chose I'm here because just what? You chose to love Dad, what are you doing here? I'm here to pay respects to your friend, son Thanks for saving my boy's life, Sonny I never hated you, I I guess I just never forgave for making my son grow up so fast May God have mercy on your soul And now, your whole life lies before you It's time that you become a man You'll know how, just look at what's inside you And let your talent guide you Like I've always known you can And though the choices we make Will shape our lives forever Even one mistake Can tear your world apart But we have a bond that nothing's gonna sever Through the good and bad The happy and the sad Everywhere you go Look to your heart I love you, Dad And I'm sorry if I ever hurt you I love you too, son I left the neighborhood after that It wasn't the same without Sonny This is a Bronx tale, it's just another story (ooh) I had to say goodbye to Jane But she'll always be my first great one This is the kind of tale that makes you laugh and cry (ooh) I went out into the world and I kept my promise I became somebody I owe that to my parents and to Sonny Out on the street They're singing it together They'll be singing it forever You can hear them if you try I still come back from time to time The neighborhood's changed And so have I But I will never forget what I learned from these two men The saddest thing in life is wasted talent And the choices you make will shape your life forever But you can ask anybody from my neighborhood and they'll tell you This is just another Bronx tale And all the choices we make Become part of our story Every joy and ache They're never truly gone Every name, every face All the hope, the tears, the glory Each stoop and street Each win and each defeat The sinners and the saints The sweet and bittersweet And when the tale's complete You've chosen who you are And those choices you made Live on This is a Bronx tale And that's my story The world I lived in The people I knew It's just a Bronx tale And like they all do It happened here on Belmont Avenue Woah Woah Doh, doh, doo