thirty summers

Lyrics

caught in the vice of heaven and earth, he turned his life into a cell, imprisoned by the doubts which hound us all, and those desires which we all know so well, his days he lost to promises, his nights he purged of dreams, and he would wake in the hours before sunrise, and dread the coming of the day, never thought a man could become so desperate, never thought a life could lose so much hope, to be tearing at the roots around you, as if in manacles, or irons, or ropes, they say he told his children that all he taught was lost, that love and pride and honesty, were to be gained at too high a cost, it's been thirty summers that i've spent with him, and i expect thirty more to pass, he has blessed my life in so many ways, that i could never turn my back, but i need just one more reminder, of the man that he used to be, if he would just look deep into my eyes, and say it's in you my love that i will find the key