10,000 Lakes

Ten thousand lakes of oceanless water

ten thousand churches to worship the father

sometimes I think that I will make I there

sometimes I believe, sometimes I don't care

ten thousand jewels taken by the thief

ten thousand times they shake there head in disbelief

see they don't see the future, they don't see the past

they're just living life to live in, they're not living life to last

so give me eyes to see

to perceive, to believe, to imagine the possibility

the possibilities

ten thousand words spoken by the action

ten thousand times they never print the retraction

maybe I'll find it, the signs are everywhere

maybe if I would I could, but maybe I don't dare

ten thousand soldiers circumvent the shore

and all the politicians try to reinvent the war

and it won't make a difference, it won't matter none

because it does no good to speak up when the war's already won

so give me eyes to see

to perceive, to believe, to imagine the possibility

the possibilities

ten thousand lakes and all along the beaches

lie the truths that lead to what he teaches

sometimes I hold it, but it falls from my hand

slipping through my fingers, like ten thousand grains of sand

so cross my heart and hope to die

stick ten thousand needles in my eye

see the first is just the worst and all the rest are just the same

but eventually it numbs you and you cannot feel the pain

so give me eyes to see

to perceive, to believe, to imagine the possibility

the possibilities