Always in my thoughts, you are
Always in my dreams, you are
I got your voice on tape
I got your spirit in a photograph
Always out of reach, you are

Cold inside my arms, you are
Simple like a child, you are
I remember when you took my hand
And led me through the rain
Down inside my soul, you are

The more I show the way I feel
The less I find that you give a damn
The more I get to know
The less I find that I understand
Innocent, the time we spent
Forgot to mention we're good friends
You thought it was the start of something beautiful?
Well, think again

Mother lost her looks for you
Father never wanted you
I trust to love and then
I find that you never really felt the same
Something in your heart, so cruel

The more I show the way I feel
The less I find that you give a damn
The more I get to know
The less I find that I understand
Innocent, the time we spent
Forgot to mention we're good friends
You thought it was the start of something beautiful?
Well, think again

The more I show the way I feel
The less I find that you give a damn
The more I get to know
The less I find that I understand
Innocent, the time we spent
Forgot to mention we're good friends
You thought it was the start of something beautiful?
Well, think again


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The Start of Something Beautiful Lyrics as written by Gavin Richard Harrison Colin Edwin Balch

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    Under the idea that this concept album is chronological, that would mean the girl is already dead. This is him coping with his loss of her. She was the closest thing to -- the only -- love in his life, and the fact that it felt just a tease to him before being wisked away is pain and grief dumped on top of an already loveless life. Obviously there were some complications in his relationship with her, but it's quite obvious she was still a very, very important, if brief part of his life, hence his anguish over her.

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