I’ve lived too long in my fingertips
Cheating myself out of all my senses
I’ve been blind by my dissension
Fixing others has left me changed
She strolls to me, asks “Want to dance?”
“I would, but my hands
are on fire,” I say
I turn to face the mirror of thousands
Each eye magnifyin’ my shame
And you, you were at the sidelines
Always cheering me from the stands
Louder than the roaring oceans,
Quenched my thirst
and my ravaged hands
Of all my gifts, I’d never give
The truest one, that was my creed
Til sorrow sore and grief extended
Forced my heart to trust its need
And you, you were at the sidelines
Always cheering me from the stands
Louder than the roaring oceans,
Quenched my thirst
and my ravaged hands
The moon is rising on the outer edge,
She’s more beautiful than I remember
The silver thread she spins connects us
She welcomes me in all my splendor
And you, you were at the sidelines
Always cheering me from the stands
Louder than the roaring oceans,
Quenched my thirst
and my ravaged hands
It’s hard to pass the parting glass
When one is sober, the other gone
But as I sing with all who love me,
I leave your game, I am no pawn.
And you, you were at the sidelines
Always cheering me from the stands
Louder than the roaring oceans,
Quenched my thirst
and my ravaged hands