Lost in the Cosmos (Song for Chris Bell)

Dangerous and desperate and young

Fixing your eyes on the distant horizon and waiting for dawn

For the sun to shine on

Something so pure and so bright

You caught it in glimpses but never could catch it, the harder you try

It's still passing you by

But the farther and farther you crawl, bringing it home don't make no sense at all

Seeking your way from the lines lying under the snowfall

Weary but carrying on

Don't you march to the beat of a heart that's been beating too hard for too long

Too hard for too long

Green and yet some kind of blue

You once were the watcher, but now it's so clear they're all looking at you

And they're staring right through

But the faces grow dim with the lights

And all the old melodies holding you tight

As they all steal away like a thief in the night, ain't it shameful

Lost in the cosmos again, deeper and deeper in what could have been,

As the fits and the starts they go spinning around in your brain

You just should have listened to me, all that there is now is all there can be

Lighting your way and fighting away the pain