I fear the summer heat has won Just look at what these hands have done Mistakes we made return again The cold November's rolling in Cloaked in guilt and fear and sin The cold November's rolling in Father help me in the sun It's not the darkness I'm hiding from No I don't fear what I cannot see It's what I do that frightens me In blazing heat and scorching sun Oh winter into your arms I'll run Oh winter into your arms I'll run Someday soon the chill shall end And spring can claim the earth again What's green is gold and then fades to grey So a bitter winter, this I'll pray A bitter winter, this I'll pray

I've never been to New York City, but the thought has got me wonderin' If my life will ever take me there someday Maybe there I'd meet somebody who would teach me how to love Like the movie stars and writers wish they... Wish they could talk about when nights get colder Spending lonely evenings getting older day by day Shivering in the cold and empty Thinking if this don't change, then we'll wither away That feeling's seeping into your bones Thinkin' anything is better than alone Well I can tell you're growin weary and I guess that makes the two of us We'd always thought we'd work it out someday Your frustration ain't so pretty while your tryin to remember How the hell we even got here anyway The dusty tattered picture frames of Memories long forgotten on the other side of the road Teardrops falling, trying to remember voices screaming, saying, "You don't have to do this alone" Naturally on deaf ears they may fall And we wonder if it's worth the say at all Oh darling I know you're tired of the way things seem to be But I'm begging please don't give up on this now I never want to end up like those movie stars, you see All alone and broken down With their softly flickering fire places Hanging onto shadows fading, trying to ease their minds But bricks and mortar crumble As the wind and rain beat them down, down over time Till all that's left is rubble and dust So I thank the Lord I never needed much I've never been to New York City, but I've got a sneaking feeling That if I packed my bags and went, I'd see you there Well that ain't bad in theory, but honey we both know That if this winter's cold, we're freezing as a pair The frost clouding the window pane And cold breath whispering, "Maybe we weren't meant to make it at all" It feels like we've been frozen since we burned out And our ashes flew away a long time ago Never to be seen again

All around the world people dance and sing to forget about their troubles and their strife Curbside prophets shout, they say the end is now But no one seems to care whether they're right. Children cry and mothers dry their eyes As screaming sirens swiftly rush away Policemen yell, they cry, "All is well" But no one pays attention to what they say. The street musicians sing another joyful song and the lonely broken people stare and sing along It ain't easy now The simplicity, how beautiful the sound It's drowning out the steady beating of my insufficiencies Sometimes it's just too much to take But I know that you'll carry me anyway I know I may be lost for now But someday we'll have it all figured out The beggars beg and watch as the lovers give up A young girl cries alone with a broken heart Mothers stay while fathers run away Another happy family torn apart The street musicians sing another joyful song and the lonely broken people stare and sing along It ain't easy now The simplicity, how beautiful the sound It's drowning out the steady beating of my insufficiencies Sometimes it's just too much to take But I know that you'll carry me anyway I know I may be lost for now But someday we'll have it all figured out Drowning in your vanity, it's suffocating now We're searching for simplicity, but it takes a little time I guess we're all a little broken, lonely if nothing at all

Her hair, it dances in the breeze Cloaked in beauty from her head to her feet The moon shines on her face so elegantly The deep blue beauty of the ocean in her eye When she smiles I feel a burnin on the inside How could I deserve one so ravishing and divine I'm out of my mind God what took all this happiness so long So frustrating I think I'm fed up with all my waiting Been waiting on happiness for far too long She came along with a song to sing or two With a voice like an angel she sings "baby, I want to save you" Baby, sing along God what took all this happiness so long So frustrating I think I'm fed up with all my waiting Been waiting on happiness for far too long Happiness, been waiting on happiness I don't want to wait Darling let's face it, this distance ain't easy It's a bit more than I can stand Oh together we'll erase it, all our failures and fears We'll replace them with the melodies in your head

I don't want to break down, Lord I'm tearing at the seams I don't want to break down, I fear it's too late for me Don't let me break down, darlin' take this pain away No don't let me break down, I feel I'm fallin anyway Jealousy consuming, I can feel I'm losing my grip on who I want to be Feelin' worthless, its this even worth it Oh God, am I just a waste I don't want to break down, Lord I'm tearing at the seams I don't want to break down, I fear it's too late for me Don't let me break down, darlin' take this pain away No don't let me break down, I feel I'm fallin anyway The earth is shaking, I can't keep making sense of all this disarray inside my head My spirit's breaking, body's racing I get so lost in my own thoughts, oh it's too much I don't want to lose control But I'm fallin' away

A young man walks alone on a cold winter's night His eyes are black and blue, his lips are red and bloody from the fight He's learning lessons that we all must learn in life The world is cold without a home It just gets harder as we go See, he got beat up for a place to lay his head Ran away a long time ago, left his little baby daughter without a dad You don't know desperate 'till a cardboard shack's your bed But it happens all the time And desperate's never been a crime We all fall to pieces, we all break down and cry We all hang our heads, afraid to hold them up sometimes They say life's a struggle, they say we'll always need to fight And hey, maybe they're right A young girl tosses and turns, awake and all alone Her father left her and her mother hardly ever stays at home She thinks, Dad, you said you'd stay and watch me grow But promises aren't all they use to be At least I hope you're happy and you're free A few miles away a couple tears fall to the ground The young man covers up his face wishing he was still around Tell her he cares and pick her up when she falls down But past mistakes can't be undone Life's just a game he's never won We all fall to pieces, we all break down and cry We all hang our heads, afraid to hold them up sometimes They say life's a struggle, they say we'll always need to fight And hey, maybe they're right Desperation grips the corners of his mind In his hand's a pistol, the deadliest kind of poison you can find He loads a bullet, takes a deep breath, closes his eyes Then he puts that gun up to his head Thinking, Maybe things would be better if I'm dead He catches a glimpse of death from underneath the door He screams, "I don't think I can bear to live this life anymore" Death walks in, his black cloak dragging on the floor Says, "Pull that trigger and come with me But maybe it's not as hopeless as it seems" You see, We all fall to pieces, we all break down and cry We all hang our heads, afraid to hold them up sometimes They say life's a struggle, they say we'll always need to fight And hey, maybe they're right The young man drops his pride and falls to his knees He looks up at death and says, "Sorry, but I've got promises to keep. We all get down some times and cry ourselves to sleep But you just can't help being sad When you've got that devil on your back" Death threw back his hood and said, "Son forgive me please I've never seen a man like you, so humble, fallin' on his knees You're not begging too much, but I see it in your eyes You've got more will to live than the sun's got will to rise "So, Pack your bags, go home, kiss your daughter Tell her how much you missed her and how much you love her Someday you and I will meet again, Some might even call us friends You're a young man, got your whole life ahead Things will get better, so try and be happy instead Just cherish the ones that you love, I'll be waiting for you please don't give up But your hair is already turning grey So please don't waste your life away