witness of rain

I wish there was a way
to tell this story in a different shade of grey
but there ain’t
no there ain’t

I wish you took the time
to look around and see how you’re using your life
and wasting mine

and as you’re making your way home
to witness rainy seasons
you say that you don’t know what you’re going to do
that every smile brought its own tears to you
when it’s too late, you’ll realise
that your life is just passing you by
you’ll smile…
and say time is only ever that: just time

I hoped you’d understood
but you said hope is for the weak
and hope’s for fools
well I believe that hope’s a tool
I used to realise
I used it till the day it finally ran dry
and I didn’t die

and as you’re making your way home
to witness rainy seasons
you say that you don’t know what you’re going to do
that every smile brought its own tears to you
when it’s too late, you’ll realise
that your life is just passing you by
you’ll smile…
and say time is only ever that: just time

I wish there was a way
to tell this story in a different shade of grey
but there ain’t
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previous titles: kikoku

am colin-clegg: vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums