The lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Have brought me down upon my knees
Oh, I beg, I beg and plead
Singin' come out of things un said
Shoot an apple off my head
And a trouble that can't be named
A tiger's waiting to be tamed, singin'

You are
You are

Confusion that never stops
Closing walls and ticking clocks
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop that you now know
Singin' come out upon my seas
Cursed missed opportunities
Am I a part of the cure
Or am I part of the disease? Singin'

You are
You are
You are
You are

You are
You are

And nothing else compares
Oh, no, nothing else compares
And nothing else compares

You are
You are

Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Home, home, where I wanted to go


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Clocks Lyrics as written by Jonathan Mark Buckland Guy Rupert Berryman

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    General Comment

    "You are" is a reference to Christian God

    "I am that I am" "Every younger will confess that I am..."

    This song is an attempt to understand what happens after death.

    The song is an exposition of what the songwriter thinks may happen between a persons death and resurrection.

    "Closing walls and ticking clocks"

    Apart from our reality there is an absence of time and space.

    From a Christian perspective...all the apologies fit.

    To anyone else...it is a song that starts with struggle, restraint, and intangibility...and ends with a certain inexplicable gratification and permanence.

    tebdanneron April 26, 2015   Link

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