So Far Away Lyrics
All contents copyright Mariah Ver Hoef, 2009
“So Far Away”I don’t know what to say It has always been this way Build a tower and tear it down Move on Try to settle down Put my feet in the ground But it always turns Upside down Trying to forget What I can’t get back All I once had So far away, so far away, so far away So far away, so far away, so far away Hard to comprehend It is at an end When I was naive I used to believe That one day there’d be A place for me But then again I’ve been Wrong all along Chorus It’s not my turn Live and learn, I have tried But the river is wide And what do you know It’s time to go Say goodbye one more time Chorus Chorus |
"Copper River"Salmon are running in the Copper River Making their long way home Undeterred they carry on To where they were born Salmon are running in the Copper River Sun is shining on the raging water I yield to thee O mighty Copper River The current is strong in the Copper River No boulder or log will stand in its way Wide and strong, oh, the power it commands Will bring you to your knees Chorus The sky is blue above the Copper River What lies beneath is dark and troubled It carves its way through the land Bends it to its will Until it is left with sand Chorus Gulls may fly along the Copper River Fish my brave the waters but it’s what they know The scar that is left behind when it runs dry Will remain to remind time Of the mighty river that once ruled this land Of the mighty river that we could not command Of how we would bow down To the Copper River Oh Chorus |
"Left Behind"It has been a cold summer here so far I think there will be an early winter this year August fourth in a hat and scarf Pardon, do I have the right hemisphere I look at this pretty ribbon I won I should be pleased, proud of what I’ve done I am in my way but how can I be Happy when there’s no prospect of sun Hold on to what is yours You’ve got nothing to hide All that matters will be fine And I will not be, I will not be, oh, no Left behind Inspiration can grown on trees you know Have you ever stopped to wonder How a leaf knows when to turn gold Keep in mind always to remember Never to believe everything you’re told And I’m afraid that they were right this time That sorrow lasts longer than joy or rhyme It’s not fair but it doesn’t care And I can’t change the ways of life Chorus All is changing again Moving and trying to make it all happen I lost this time but I must trust That all will be well in the end All will be well in the end All will be well in the end Chorus Chorus |
"Roses, Lace, and Ruffles"Every little girl wants a pony Every little girl wants to be beautiful Like the girl in the magazine Says we should be We were once two little girls Who shared secrets and dreams But time has pushed us apart In opposite directions So take off the makeup And look me in the eye And tell me you are not that girl I knew once upon a time We all must find our own way one day And that day, for us, has come and gone We’re choosing our own paths You’re going east and I’m going west And I’m sorry it has to be Roses, lace, and ruffles Pink ribbons in our hair The world was ours back then Best friends forever Now I honestly don’t know You, do I anymore No, nor do you know me We are just such different people So take off the makeup And look me in the eye And say that you are not that girl I knew once upon a time Chorus It’s a hard thing, I know But neither of us can be any less than what we are And I just wanted to say There’ll always be the good old days And if I could go back I wouldn’t change a thing Chorus |
"Hercules"Sun, traveling down the sky Too busy to say goodbye Hope there’ll be something new this time But there’s too many all at once Tumbling round and round Unfinished, awaiting to be What can you say, no one’s Hercules But could you try, could you try Someone tells you that you can’t so you hide You are brave, I can see But you’re just too shy to say why Blue, stretching across the sky As far as the eye can see There’s a world out there beyond our reach And there is a message in the sand Written by two small hands But soon the waves will wash it away Chorus |
"Deep Ground"Just about time, the end is in sight City flashes by, cars and lights shine So brightly, pass so quickly To sleep peacefully is a fantasy And all that I can say Is had it happened a different way Would I be here today Had the Santa Maria gone astray And what if the Roman Empire never fell What if Julius Caesar had lived to tell Would the flag still fly if England never was It’s all because Everything from everywhere that has ever been Has brought us right here, right here And everyone from everywhere that has ever seen Has led us right here, right here and Anyone from anywhere that does anything Could take us where we are going This deep ground has many stories to be told I can feel, in the soles of my feet There is beneath this concrete, secrets And I can hear them whisper Of lives lived on this land And it makes me wonder Of what would have happened And I wish the Civil War had never begun But would we now be two nations With many more wars to come And where would we be if Hitler had won It’s all because Chorus Chorus |
"Summer Skies"Buds unfolded, green is here again, yesterday A storm is gathering at the far edge of the sky There will be a storm tonight And I wait patiently For the sweetness to fall on me Summer skies, take me back Summer skies fade from blue to grey to black Ever changing yet ever the same Eternal Birds are building their nests in the trees Long time ago And they are singing all throughout the night That now will not get dark And I wait patiently For the sweetness to fall on me Chorus Every year, summer comes the same But not me Every time the air turns warm again I am a different girl And I am waiting patiently For the sweetness to fall on me Chorus Here it comes around again And I am still singing this song Chorus |
"Voices"I am walking tonight by myself But I assure you, I’d be walking With someone else If I had that someone to hold my hand My will is racing with my mind and they’re Leaving my body far behind And when the tempest blows out What will I find? And the voices in my head are talking to me Telling me I should move on Stop dragging my feet But it’s not that easy, you know It’s not that easy, you know When you’re alone My lucky coin always lands head-side-down and I can’t see the sky for the clouds and Though I’m sitting pretty No one has the time of day for me, for me And this is the end of the long, long road That I have walked too many times before Trying to have faith tomorrow may Be better than today Chorus This is a dead-end one-way street This is a dead-end one-way street Can’t turn around, can’t retreat This is a dead-end one-way street Chorus Chorus |
"Lady of Sea Winds"Good morning sky, it’s hard to find Faith to say there’s blue behind that grey It’s so thick, I think it’s a myth Why do you hide and There’s puddles in the yard It looks like April in January I don’t wanna know, I don’t wanna know So don’t tell me Lady of Sea Winds is come When she’s had her say, we must obey Everyone Lady of Sea Winds We were supposed to go tomorrow But that was before and now no more And there’re two new lines stretching across My best friend’s face and There’s puddles in the yard It looks like April in January I don’t wanna know, I don’t wanna know So don’t tell me Chorus Wouldn’t you say it’s kinda early To be melting Wouldn’t you say, wouldn’t you say Wouldn’t you say and There’s puddles in the yard It looks like April in January I don’t wanna know, I don’t wanna know So don’t tell me, me, me, me, ah Chorus You know her name, Her name is Chinook |
"Irish Moon"Irish moon is rising over the trees It looks the same under a different sky I wonder how many others are out there tonight Watching the same moon pass by I can’t believe this is my last night These two weeks have gone by too fast Though I will be sad I will be glad to go home So many things have come to pass And it’s a long, long way to be tonight Halfway around the world The time of my life, but now I must Say goodbye to beautiful Ireland I will always remember this day And those that have come before The people that I’ve met and the friends I’ve made Shall remain to make this something much more Chorus I must say that I have fallen in love If not with the land, the with the people within The happiness, the warmth The kindness I’ve received Is something I won’t forget soon Chorus Chorus |
"Let Go"One thing that I’ve learned is life is good But not perfect We are human and cannot be, it is a fact But if we do try to be our best That is all anyone can ask And maybe this is a song sung by a girl Like so many before Maybe it is true, maybe it is not Cannot be sure But I cannot hide from what I am I am a teenage girl So many things that I cannot change and I must let go There’re so many things that I cannot change I must let go There’re so many things I cannot change I must let go I know, I know I know that I can but I am Not that brave I am not ashamed to say that I am afraid Of finding out what the answer will be Either way it scares me In so many ways, I am the same In so many others, I am out of place I do not want to fade away into the crowd I am proud of our difference Chorus So many things that I thought I wanted Maybe I don’t My mind keeps changing on me I think I’m getting close To breaking free of my shell I’m letting go, I’m letting go, I’m letting go Chorus |
"Sanctuary"The tears behind my eyes won’t fall They won’t fall I try, I try, but not enough sometimes And too hard where they don’t care You don’t care I say “It’s blue,” you say “No, It’s blue Don’t ask me to give you the time of day I don’t have it to give away Not for you” And I wish I could just disappear And sing myself to sleep somewhere No one else can find It will be my Sanctuary Now I’m finding again Just what I ran away from three years ago Endless days that look the same They’re all the same Chorus The end is in sight, in sight Sun’s coming up about The time I want to say goodnight About the time I want to say goodnight Goodnight Chorus I need a sanctuary from me |
