Post 849: Phoenix (6/18/00)

      PHOENIX (06/18/00)

I USED TO BELIEVE IN HOPE, 

I BELIEVED IN DESTINY

NOW HERE I STAND WITH THE WORLD CRASHING DOWN ON ME

I FOUND THAT HOPE WAS A KIND OF A DRUG, 

I USED TO BELIEVE IN LOVE

HERE I STAND IN THE ASHES OF WHAT MY LIFE HAS BECOME 

I’VE GOT NO ONE TO LOVE 

AND EVERYTHING I ONCE KNEW, EVERYTHING I USED TO TRUST

DOESN’T SEEM TO HOLD TRUE

(I’M RISING FROM MY BURNT-OUT HEART

LIFE ANEW, 

LIKE A NEWBORN PHOENIX I’M BURNING FOR YOU

HANGING ON EACH WORD YOU SAY, CAPTURED BY EACH MOVE YOU MAKE

LIVING A DREAM WHILE I’M WIDE AWAKE

BURNING LIKE A PHOENIX SINCE I MET YOU)

WITH EVERY WORD YOU SAY 

THINGS I USED TO BELIEVE ARE NOW BECOMING TRUE

EVERY TIME I LOOK AT YOU I CAN FEEL MY HEART BEAT

AND EVERYTHING I EVER KNEW 

COULD NEVER REPLACE YOUR FACE

(CHORUS)

NOW A FIRE I’VE NEVER KNOWN BEFORE, IT CONSUMES ME

AND WHEREVER I GO I WIND UP AT YOUR DOOR

MAYBE WHAT I’VE STOPPED SEARCHING FOR NOW LIES BEFORE ME

BECAUSE IT’S YOU THAT I ADORE, 

THERE COULD BE NO OTHER FOR ME

(CHORUS)