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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sarah McLachlan
Vocals
Pierre Marchand
Bass
Ashwin Sood
Drums
Dave Kershaw
Hammond Organ
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sarah McLachlan
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Pierre Marchand
Producer
Lyrics
Under a blackened sky
far beyond the glaring streetlights
sleeping on empty dreams
the vultures lie in wait.
You lay down beside me then
you were with me every waking hour
so close I could feel your breath.
When all we wanted was the dream
to have and to hold
that precious little thing
like every generation yields
the new born hope unjaded by the years.
Pressed up against the glass
I found myself wanting sympathy
but to be consumed again
oh I know would be the death of me
And there is a love that's inherently given
a kind of blindness offered to appease
and in that light of forbidden joy
oh I know I won't receive it.
When all we wanted was the dream
to have and to hold that precious little thing
like every generation yields
the newborn hope unjaded by their years
You know if I leave you now
it doesn't mean that I love you any less
it's just the state I'm in
I can't be good to anyone else like this.
When all we wanted was the dream
to have and to hold that precious little thing
like every generation yields
the new born hope unjaded by their years...
Writer(s): Sarah Mclachlan
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