In a silent world I had lived without sight or sound In all that time
You know I felt that shame But I put the blame on everyone around In all that time
And I had lost all of my power, my faith and my belief In all that time And I had lost those wings that carried me To any place I longed to be In all that time
I should have Let you know one thing That what you saw Was just my shadow
A picture black and white The colours shining bright Were washed away In that rain still falling down on me
Was all that a curse Whatever promised to get better Turned out worse In all that time
I lived under that spell I was caught in my own private hell In all that time
And I had lost all of my power, my faith and my belief In all that time And I had lost all hope I was clutching at a burning rope Helpless like a child In all that time
I should have Let you know one thing That what you saw Was just my shadow
A skeleton disguised A soul devitalised A body caught in automation
I lay awake that night Wishing you could hold me tight I could as well have been dead I never dared to say the words I should have said I should have known That it won't get better just by waiting Or telling myself That I would try to be a better man And I should have known That I ran away too often Instead of moving on
In a silent world I had lived without sight or sound In all that time
You felt my distress And I can only guess What you've been through In all that time
I should have let you know That I had lost all of my power, my faith and my belief In all that time And I had lost all hope I was clutching at a burning rope Helpless like a child In all that time
I should have Let you know one thing That what you saw Was just my shadow
A skeleton disguised A soul devitalised A body caught in automation
I lay awake that night Wishing you could hold me tight I could as well have been dead I never dared to say the words I should have said I should have known That it won't get better just by waiting Or telling myself That I would try to be a better man And I should have known That I ran away too often Instead of moving on