I turn my back to the wind
To catch my breath
Before I start off again
Driven on without a moment to spend
To pass an evening with a drink and a friend
I let my skin get too thin
I'd like to pause
No matter what I pretend
Like some pilgrim
Who learns to transcend
Learns to live as if each step was the end
I'm not looking back
But I want to look around me now
See more of the people and the places that surround me now
Freeze this moment a little bit longer
Make each sensation a little bit stronger
Experience slips away
Experience slips away
I turn my face to the sun
Close my eyes
Let my defences down
All those wounds that I can't get unwound
I let my past go too fast
No time to pause
If I could slow it all down
Like some captain, whose ship runs aground
I can wait until the tide comes around
I'm not looking back
But I want to look around me now
See more of the people and the places that surround me now
Freeze this moment a little bit longer
Make each impression a little bit stronger
Freeze this motion a little bit longer
The innocence slips away
The innocence slips away...
Summer's going fast, nights growing colder
Children growing up, old friends growing older
Freeze this moment a little bit longer
Make each sensation a little bit stronger
Experience slips away
Experience slips away...
The innocence slips away.
Hold on slow down, again from the top now and tell me everything
I know I've been gone for what seems like forever
But I'm here now waiting
To convince you that I'm not a ghost or a stranger
But closer than you think
She said just go on as you want to
Pretend it's your life but
Please don't die on me
Wings wont take me
Heights don't phase me
So take a step
But don't look down
Take a step
Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall
I'm think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall
Perpetual motion, the image wont focus
A blur is all that's seen
But here in this moment like the eye of the storm
It all came clear to me
I found a shoulder to lean on
An infallible reason to live all by itself
I took one last look from the heights that I once loved
And then I ran like hell
Wings won't take me
Eyes closed face me
So take a step
But don't look down
Take a step
Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall
I'm think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall
I count the times that I've been sorry
While my compassion slowly drowns
If there's a time these walls could guard you
Then let that time be right now
Now I'm standing on a rooftop
Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall
I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall
I'm think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall.
You can't always get what you want...
But sometimes...
You just might find,
You get what you need.
Sometimes you need to take a step back to go forward.
Just make sure you're not taking two steps back for the one step forward.
