From the recording Never Look Back
I wish sometimes we could know the future but then again perhaps best not to.
Lyrics
Who am I?
Piano; left hand arpeggio. Rhythm No 1? @ 78
Verse 1
D Em F#m G
I stare in the mirror as the Summer evening dies
D A D A
I can’t ignore the hunger in my eyes
D Em F#m G
The whole World is dancing in the perfumed night
D A D A
But I know its ending with the fading light.
Bm G Bm G
You fill my heart with love, you fill my head with sound
Bm G G F#m A
You fill my mouth with words and then you knock me down.
Chorus
D A Bm G A
Who am I that I ask to see
D A Bm G A
Who am I that I question your scheme
D A Bm G A
If this is all that you wanted from me
D A Bm G A D
Then why oh why did you give me all of these dreams?
Verse 2
The Winter sun is falling at the turning of the year
A distant melody is floating near
I reach out to take it but it proves to be a lie
Like the colours disappearing in the fragile sky.
And all these sounds ringing in my ears
Are empty promises for the future years.
Chorus
Middle 8
Bm F#m G D
Days are wasting and time is moving on
Bm F#m G Em D
I’ve been waiting much too long.
Chorus
Repeat first verse
Copyright Kevin O'Regan 2010