Song | Sweet Pain |
Artist | Blues Traveler |
Album | 1,000,000 People Can't Be Wrong |
Music & Lyrics: John Popper | |
If Cyrano De Bergerac | |
Fell prey to the blades of fifty men | |
With a heart and a sword he'd drive them back | |
Perchance to see Roxanne's eyes light up the sky again | |
And when beauty kind and full of grace | |
Again denied the beast her hand | |
The beast he turned and hid his face | |
And tried with all his might and magic to understand | |
And once upon a time | |
You know I used to wondery why | |
You know no one should need to cry | |
In pain of a heart forbade to fly | |
But you learn to say goodbye | |
As you whisper beneath a sigh | |
Sweet pain | |
Can't you plainly see? | |
Sweet pain | |
You know it matters to me | |
Sweet pain | |
Won't you make me feel at home? | |
Sweet pain | |
Don't you dare leave me alone | |
Sometimes a life that seems hard to take | |
Is soothed for a while by an old friend | |
Leaving a bad need in its wake | |
Sad how, some friendships never ever seem to end | |
Well all of my heroes up and died | |
Songs and a dream are left for me | |
What did them in, not suicide | |
Just a lengthy friendship and a dream of (how) it could be | |
And isn't it a crime? | |
Was it more than they could bear? | |
You know they did not even care | |
At all and they might have something there | |
But I'm here and I don't see where | |
All I hear is their silent prayer | |
Sweet pain | |
Is it so terribly wrong? | |
Sweet pain | |
To want to come along | |
Sweet pain | |
Won't you make me smile? | |
Sweet pain | |
If only for a while | |
Can you feel what I feel? | |
So we can establish that the pain is real | |
Don't be afraid and I'll do the same for you | |
And we'll just hang on and we'll make it, make it through | |
There's got to be a reason it works out this way | |
And there's something deep inside me | |
That makes me have to play | |
For you | |
For you | |
In no position to give advice | |
My heart it spoke and I wrote it down | |
And you know every wisdom has its price | |
My head up in the stars | |
And my feet planted firmly on the ground | |
When will I embrace this life I see? | |
I've been wondering for so long | |
Thinking back, the truth may be | |
I've been unaware but I've been living it all along | |
And it didn't cost a dime | |
And it did not come for free | |
It just would not let me be | |
But it never conquered me | |
Just a doorway and a key | |
And I think that we both agree | |
Sweet pain | |
Is sometimes what you need | |
Sweet pain | |
It allows the blood to bleed | |
Sweet pain | |
From the moment of your birth | |
Sweet pain | |
You know it keeps you here on Earth |
Music Lyrics: John Popper | |
If Cyrano De Bergerac | |
Fell prey to the blades of fifty men | |
With a heart and a sword he' d drive them back | |
Perchance to see Roxanne' s eyes light up the sky again | |
And when beauty kind and full of grace | |
Again denied the beast her hand | |
The beast he turned and hid his face | |
And tried with all his might and magic to understand | |
And once upon a time | |
You know I used to wondery why | |
You know no one should need to cry | |
In pain of a heart forbade to fly | |
But you learn to say goodbye | |
As you whisper beneath a sigh | |
Sweet pain | |
Can' t you plainly see? | |
Sweet pain | |
You know it matters to me | |
Sweet pain | |
Won' t you make me feel at home? | |
Sweet pain | |
Don' t you dare leave me alone | |
Sometimes a life that seems hard to take | |
Is soothed for a while by an old friend | |
Leaving a bad need in its wake | |
Sad how, some friendships never ever seem to end | |
Well all of my heroes up and died | |
Songs and a dream are left for me | |
What did them in, not suicide | |
Just a lengthy friendship and a dream of how it could be | |
And isn' t it a crime? | |
Was it more than they could bear? | |
You know they did not even care | |
At all and they might have something there | |
But I' m here and I don' t see where | |
All I hear is their silent prayer | |
Sweet pain | |
Is it so terribly wrong? | |
Sweet pain | |
To want to come along | |
Sweet pain | |
Won' t you make me smile? | |
Sweet pain | |
If only for a while | |
Can you feel what I feel? | |
So we can establish that the pain is real | |
Don' t be afraid and I' ll do the same for you | |
And we' ll just hang on and we' ll make it, make it through | |
There' s got to be a reason it works out this way | |
And there' s something deep inside me | |
That makes me have to play | |
For you | |
For you | |
In no position to give advice | |
My heart it spoke and I wrote it down | |
And you know every wisdom has its price | |
My head up in the stars | |
And my feet planted firmly on the ground | |
When will I embrace this life I see? | |
I' ve been wondering for so long | |
Thinking back, the truth may be | |
I' ve been unaware but I' ve been living it all along | |
And it didn' t cost a dime | |
And it did not come for free | |
It just would not let me be | |
But it never conquered me | |
Just a doorway and a key | |
And I think that we both agree | |
Sweet pain | |
Is sometimes what you need | |
Sweet pain | |
It allows the blood to bleed | |
Sweet pain | |
From the moment of your birth | |
Sweet pain | |
You know it keeps you here on Earth |