Album: Live Scenes From New York (2002)

Learning To Live


There was no time for pain
No energy for anger
The sightlessness of hatred slips away
Walking through winter streets alone
He stops and takes a breath
With confidence and self-control
I look at the world and see no understanding
I'm waiting to find some sense of strength
I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart
To show me understanding
I need to live life like some people never will
So find me kindness
Find me beauty - Find me truth
The way your heart sounds makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure the pain we all feel
The way your heart beats makes all the difference
In learning to live here before me is my soul
I'm learning to live
I won't give up till I've no more to give
Listening to the city whispering its violence
i set out watchhing from above
The 90s bring new questions
New solutions to be found
I fell in love to be let down
Once again we dance in the crowd
At times a step away
from a common fear that's all spread out
It won't listen to what you say
Once you're touched you stand alone
To face the bitter fight
Once I reached for love and now I reach for life
Another chance to live my life
Free the sensation in my heart
To ride the wings of dreams
into changing horizons
It brings inner peace within my mind,
As I'm lifted from where I've spilt my life
I hear an innocence voice
I hear kindnes, beauty and truth
The way your heart sounds
makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel
The way your heart beats makes all the difference
In learning to live spread before you is your soul
So for ever hold the dreams within our hearts
Through nature's inflexible grace I'm learning to live