Just a roof and four walls
Where I could wait for the rapture
Where I could ride out the fall
I was keeping a virgil
I was deep in a trance
I was holding a candle
To the palm of my hand
Then I saw you smiling then I saw you smiling
Then I saw you smiling
Like a fool I protested
I need time to prepare
You see I never expected
Something so simple and clear
So I tried to persude you
That I was not what you thought
That I would only disappoint you
That I can't be what I'm not
You stood there smiling
You stood there smiling
You stood there smiling
I looked around for a reference
But there was none I could see
Is there a thread to the sequence
That brought this vision to me
There are larks in the morning
Tracing lines to the lake
Three dimensions of mercy
Three dimensions of grace
You just stand there smiling
You just stand there smiling
You just stand there smiling
I had a place in the desert Just a roof and four walls Where I could wait for the rapture Where I could ride out the fall I was keeping a virgil I was deep in a trance I was holding a candle To the palm of my hand Then I saw you smiling then I saw you smiling Then I saw you smiling Like a fool I protested I need time to prepare You see I never expected Something so simple and clear So I tried to persude you That I was not what you thought That I would only disappoint you That I can't be what I'm not You stood there smiling You stood there smiling You stood there smiling I looked around for a reference But there was none I could see Is there a thread to the sequence That brought this vision to me There are larks in the morning Tracing lines to the lake Three dimensions of mercy Three dimensions of grace You just stand there smiling You just stand there smiling You just stand there smiling Explain Request ×
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