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I spend too much time
Raiding windmills
We go side by side
Laughing til it's right
There's something that you won't show
Waiting where the light goes
Take the darkest cloud
Break it open
Water to repair
What we have broken
There's something that you won't show
Waiting where the light goes
Maybe anywhere the wind blows
It's all worth waiting for
Pull on the borders to lighten the load
Tell all the passengers we're going home
I spend too much time
Seeking shelter
World without end
Couldn't hold her
There's something that you won't show
Waiting where the light goes
Maybe anywhere the wind blows
It's all worth waiting for
Anywhere the wind blows
Raiding windmills
We go side by side
Laughing til it's right
There's something that you won't show
Waiting where the light goes
Take the darkest cloud
Break it open
Water to repair
What we have broken
There's something that you won't show
Waiting where the light goes
Maybe anywhere the wind blows
It's all worth waiting for
Pull on the borders to lighten the load
Tell all the passengers we're going home
I spend too much time
Seeking shelter
World without end
Couldn't hold her
There's something that you won't show
Waiting where the light goes
Maybe anywhere the wind blows
It's all worth waiting for
Anywhere the wind blows
Lyrics submitted by rabidpenguin, edited by TheImpalerTMX, Sagatron
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Yes, oh yes, the "title track" because of the album's reference to Don Quixote's dream lover. We all have a dream lover, be it a love for an actual person or just an idea of how things are supposed to be.
I agree, Toad the Wet Sprocket is the most under-appreciated band of the 90s, and this has to be one of their best songs. I'm also surprised, however, that no one has yet picked up on the "world without end" part of the lyrics, as they are straight out of the Christian vernacular.
"World without end" is the last line of a Christian prayer that basically states that the world is perfect, the way that God (the trinity) conceived it to be. Don Quixote's love for Dulcinea is perfect, but only in his own mind. In the end of the novel, it's not enough.
So is any ideology worth it, waiting or fighting for?
Answer yes, and you're a romantic.
Of course, the line "anyway the wind blows" is a direct reference to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," which, in turn, derives from the plot of Albert Camus' "L'etranger", which leads us to "Killing an Arab" by "The Cure"...
...it's all part of a rich tapestry.
Okay, I'm going to bed now...