I'm at your back door
With the earth of a hundred nations in my skin
You won't recognize me
For the light in my eyes is strange
It was years ago, god knows
When you strained to tell me your whole truth
That you were not mine to save
That you could not change

Would it be enough to go by
If we could sail on the wind in the dark
Cut those chains in the middle of the night
That had you pulled apart
Would it be enough to go by
If there's moonlight pulling the tide
Would it be enough to live on
If my love could keep you alive

I've built a lot of castles
Built a lot of blazing speed-of-light machines
But it doesn't matter, you know
They all crumble in the winds of change
So I turned back to breathing
I learned a few good reasons to cry
And I finally called home
Praying you weren't out of range

Carry the weight
I'll carry the weight of you, I swear
Carry the weight
I'll carry the weight of you

So will you let me come in
The mosquitoes have found me
And they're crowding 'round my blood
At least offer me a drink
Or a breaking of the ice
I'm wanting your anger
I only want to see if I can shake you out of sleep
And bring you out under this flooded sky
At any price

So carry the weight
Carry the weight of me in your heart
Carry the weight
Carry the weight of me


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    If i am not terribly mistaken, this song was orignally about a superhero in some futuristic tokyo seeing a picture fall out of his wallet of his family back home, and misses them.

    I know thats a little weird, and i am not certain where i heard that, but eventually Vienna realized it was about her leaving Cisco for her music career.

    at one point i though the line "If my love could keep you alive was about a person next to someone in a hospital bed of a comatose and/or vegitative state who hasn't totally given up hope.

    Vienna teng is such a beautiful pianist.

    Tachikomason September 29, 2007   Link

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