[00:24.01]In my early years I hid my tears
[00:30.16] And passed my days alone
[00:36.21] Adrift on an ocean of loneliness
[00:41.81] My dreams like nets were thrown
[00:47.56] To catch the love that I'd heard of
[00:53.60] In books and films and songs
[00:58.80] Now there's a world of illusion and fantasy
[01:04.34] In the place where the real world belongs
[01:10.64] Still I look for the beauty in songs
[01:16.39] To fill my head and lead me on
[01:22.09] Though my dreams have come up torn and empty
[01:27.69] As many times as love has come and gone
[01:33.69] To those gentle ones my memory runs
[01:39.85] To the laughter we shared at the meals
[01:46.24] I filled their kitchens and living rooms
[01:51.19] With my schemes and my broken wheels
[01:56.63] It was never clear how far or near
[02:02.78] The gates to my citadel lay
[02:08.43] They were cutting from stone some dreams of their own
[02:14.32] But they listened to mine anyway
[02:19.71] I'm not sure what I'm trying to say
[02:25.69] It could be I've lost my way
[02:31.58] Though I keep a watch over the distance
[02:36.61] Heaven's no closer than it was yesterday
[02:41.70] And the angels are older
[02:49.04] They know not to wait up for the sun
[02:53.17] They look over my shoulder
[02:57.89] At the maps and the drawings of the journey I've begun
[03:52.70] Now the distance leads me farther on
[03:58.67] Though the reasons I once had are gone
[04:04.05] I keep thinking I'll find what I'm looking for
[04:10.14] In the sand beneath the dawn
[04:14.47] But the angels are older
[04:21.60] They can see that the sun's setting fast
[04:25.59] They look over my shoulder
[04:30.41] At the vision of paradise contained in the light of the past
[04:37.57] And they lay down behind me
[04:43.45] To sleep beside the road till the morning has come
[04:49.38] Where they know they will find me
[04:53.51] With my maps and my faith in the distance
[04:57.78] Moving farther on