Meat Loaf : Read em and weep (Jim Steinman)
I ve been trying for hours just to think of what exactly to say
I thought I d leave you with a letter or firey speech
Like when an actor makes an exit at the end of a play
And I ve been dying for hours
Trying to fill up all the holes with some sense
I d like to know how you faded and you threw it away
I d like to give you all the reasons and what everything meant
Well I could tell you good-bye or maybe see you around
With just a touch of a sarcastic thanks
We started out with a bang and at the top of the world
Now the guns are exhausted, the bullets are blanks
And everything s blank
If I could only find the words then I would write it all down
If I could only find a voice I would speak
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Oh, it s there in my eyes so can t you see me tonight
C mon and look at me and read em and weep
If I could only find the words then I would write it all down
If I could only find a voice I would speak
Oh, it s there in my eyes so can t you see me tonight
C mon and look at me and read em and weep
I ve been whispering softly trying to build a cry up into a scream
We let the past slip away and put the future on hold
Now the present is nothing but a hollowed out dream
And I ve been dying for hours
Trying to fill up all the holes with some sense
I d like to know why you faded and you threw it away
I d like to give you all the reasons and what everything meant
Well I could tell you good-bye or maybe see you around
With just a touch of a sarcastic thanks
But now the rooms are all empty, the candles are dark
The guns are exhausted and the bullets are blanks
And everything s blank
If I could only find the words then I would write it all down
If I could only find a voice I would speak
()
Oh it s there in my eyes so can t you see me tonight
C mon and look at me and read em and weep
Oh, it s there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart
It s running silent and angry and deep
Oh, it s there in my eyes and it s all I can say
C mon and look at me and read em and weep
Read em and weep - For all the hours we ll be spending alone
Read em and weep - For the dreams we ll ignore
Running silent and deep - And all those promises we promised to keep
They won t be kept anymore
Read em and weep - For the magic that our bodies had made
Read em and weep - For the blood that we lost
Running silent and deep - And all the secrets that we somehow betrayed
Ooh, whatever the cost
Read em and weep - For the memories still alive in the bed
Read em and weep - For the lies we believed
Running silent and deep - And all the things that we ll have never been said
Why don t you look at me and read em and weep
C mon and look at me and read em
It s there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart
It s running silent and angry and deep
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It s there in my eyes, it s all I can say
C mon and look at me and read em and weep
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