The Smoking Gun

Standing by the fire, we burned ourselves again

I take your hand and walk you through the rain

I know that you can see the world in color

Yet paint it your own way

The guiding hand of a child in need to play

And the road goes ever on

Stumbling in the water, I barely see my feet

It won't take long before we're in too deep

The house of cards has crashed down like thunder

In a beautiful descent. The grand finale of our accomplishments

Take me back so I can see

‘Cause I find it so hard to believe

We were ready, we were ready

Now the road goes ever on

Showing what we have become

And slowly we will come undone

Like wanderers in the desert sun

And the road goes ever on

Where there's smoke there's fire, it shouldn't be hard to see

That the smoking gun was always you and me

Now there is a shadow in the distance looming our way

The phantom of the debt we never paid

Take me back so I can see

‘Cause I find it so hard to believe

We were ready, we were ready

Now the road goes ever on

Showing what we have become

And slowly we will come undone

Like wanderers in the desert sun

And the road goes ever on

Where there's smoke there's fire

It shouldn't be hard to see

The smoking gun was always you and me

I'll learn to change my mind, I'll adapt if we would try

But the sun has burned out

I stumble in the dark reaching for the sun

And a life that's just begun

For you and for me

Take me back so I can see

Was it always meant to be

The finale draws near

And the road becomes clear

The future's gone but the road it goes forever on