Hate is easy when you're hurting

It comes on you like the plague

It makes you shout at all your loved ones

Words you never meant to say

And love is harder when it's one way

And to yourself you're forced to lie

‘Cos when someone crosses your heart, yeah you try hard not to hope to die

I don't claim to have the answers

I can only say what I know is right

All I ask is you sleep on it

Love the world another night

Love for one more night

The best things in life all have an ending

Know that before you even start

But finding things that really last, son

It's hard, but therein lies the art

And things that last, they're kinda scarce now in the world in which we live

Where the emptiness from endless taking

Dissolves the moment that you give

So fall away into your slumber

Where everything is what it seems

Wide awake, a pinch can hurt you

Close your eyes and dream

Why do you try so hard to find the cause of life? you're just a child

Son when you do, will you find peace?

There are some things I can teach you

Others are lessons learnt alone

But at the times that I can't reach you

Know that you'll always have a home

You were born with the potential to make the world a better place

The scars of war and broken lovers have yet to mark upon your face

So let my song carry you skywards

And leave the nightmare far beneath

Can you see your future spread before you?

Close your eyes and dream