A Floating Life Lyrics

A Floating Life lyrics

in your hands there`s a photograph 
you look up, she begins to laugh 
so cold as she walks away 
and you know that it`s time to pay 
you`re caught in a web you spun yourself 
face to face with your failure this very day 
you call out her name you can`t help yourself 
but you need love like you need a - kick in the head 

you worked hard for the things you own 
fancy cars and a country home 
gave it all for a glittering prize 
to be a face people recognise 
on the walls of your home there are works of art 
but you stare at the picture - on the floor 
the face of a man with an aching heart 
it`s no fun to be famous anymore 

(you said )
this is a sad day 
and I would gladly give it all away 
in exchange 
for a floating life 

shed your tears for a shallow dream 
let your cry be a primal scream 
a song through the mists of time 
a serenade to your concubine 
you were wrong to believe she could set you free 
you`re trapped by the trappings - of success 
and you know the she`ll never let you be 
`til the world knows the secrets - you confessed 

(you said)
I see her cruel face 
my heart is nothing but an empty space 
and on this sad day 
I would gladly give it all away 
in exchange 
for a floating life 

neither asleep nor awake 
losing control you start to shake 
as the day begins to break 

they`re gonna shoot you down in flames 
when that girl starts naming names 
there`s nowhere to hide from your shame