Miles
liv. Lyrics

That was the day you told me
It was the day you revealed something important to me

Everything's not as it seems
Not everything is what it appears to be

You took out a drawing it was
You showed me a drawing

A picture of your family tree
The drawing was a depiction of your ancestry

And all of the lights in the city
Even the brightest lights of the urban area

Can't show what's inside
Cannot reveal what's going on internally

Holding hands across the table
Our hands are clasped together over the table

We've both got something to hide
We're both keeping something secret

Remember the morning that you
Recall the morning when you

Tried to read my mind
Attempted to discern my thoughts without me saying anything

My thoughts are not all bad, honey
Not all of my thoughts are negative

But you know that they're not kind
But you realize they're not gentle or sympathetic

Statues of long-gone men they
The figures of men from long ago

Cast us into the shade
Have thrown us into obscurity

Stay in the shadows was it ever
Were you ever meant to remain hidden

Worth that price that you paid
Was it worth the cost you had to bear?

Late into midnight
Well into the night

Nothing to lose
No reason to be cautious

Put on your jacket
Don your coat

Put on your boots
Wear your boots

Take over the streetlights
Seize control of the street lamps

Take over the guns
Take charge of the weapons

Take over my memory
Take control of my recollections

The air in my lungs
The volume of air within my lungs

Two packs of cigarettes and
Two boxes of cigarettes and

A tablecloth littered with ash
A cloth on the table that's strewn with gray particles from burnt tobacco

I've got a lot to say but
There are many things I want to communicate, but

I don't have any cash
I don't have any money

Living on your voice and
Surviving on the sound of your voice and

The sound of the train passing by
The noise created by the locomotive that's going by

Drown it with my guitar and
Supplant it with the sound of my guitar and

The reputable sigh
The respected exhalation

You've got a ticket
You possess a ticket

A taxi stands by
A taxi is waiting nearby

We don't have time to think
We don't have the luxury to contemplate

What's left in the air is a lie
Whatever is lingering in the atmosphere isn't true

Wish you'd wind down your window and
Desire for you to open your car window and

Shout out some words
Yell out some phrases

I know that you're thinking but you
I know you're contemplating yet you

Won't let be heard
Refuse to let it be audible

So long I still have to go
I still have a long journey ahead of me

So long indeed
Indeed, it's been a long time

Until I can rest my head oh it's
Till I can finally lay my head down, oh

Miles until I can sleep
I'm separated by long distances from slumber

Walk in the forest with the midnight trees
Stroll in the woodland with the trees in the dark

Miles to go, its miles to go
There's a significant amount of ground yet to be covered

Until your voice cries out for me
Until I hear you calling out my name