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A Thousand Years Lyrics

Day after day
I feel myself slowing down
What does it mean?
The air has changed
It's getting harder to breath
Or so it would seem
Sail me away to a distant shore
Where everything's fine

A thousand years
Lost in the blink of an eye
If the sky keeps fallin'
The world will come tumblin' down
In a thousand years

Tell me my friend
Can you imagine a place
Free of boundaries and lies
There's blood on the wind
And it's come all of the way from faraway skies
Take me away to a different world
Where everything's fine

A thousand years
Lost in the blink of an eye
If the sky keeps fallin'
The world will come tumblin' down
In a thousand years

A thousand years
One day for every life
Just keep on going
We'll find you a home underground
In a thousand years

[Instrumental break]

Sail me away to a distant shore
Where everything's fine

A thousand years
Lost in the blink of an eye
If the sky keeps fallin'
The world will come tumblin' down
In a thousand years

A thousand years
One day for every life
Just keep on going
We'll find you a home underground
In a thousand years

(Sail me away to a distant shore
where everything's fine)
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Submitted by
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Cover art for A Thousand Years lyrics by Toto

I think this about the world coming to an end pretty scary..but it's a great song...

Cover art for A Thousand Years lyrics by Toto

I think it's about nuclear war. "The air has changed, it's not like it once used to be" could refer to it, fall-out, everything has changed and that everything was 'lost in the blink of an eye'. People died as the line "One day for every live" (refers to the thousand years) says. Very dark (but not atypical, as songs about war, nuclear war and the cold war were very popular in the 80's) but a good song.

Cover art for A Thousand Years lyrics by Toto

A Thousand Years

Day after day I feel myself slowing down What does it mean? The air has changed It's getting harder to breath Or so it would seem Sail me away to a distant shore Where everything's fine

A thousand years Lost in the blink of an eye If the sky keeps fallin' The world will come tumblin' down In a thousand years

Tell me my friend Can you imagine a place Free of boundaries and lies There's blood on the wind And it's come all of the way from faraway skies Take me away to a different world Where everything's fine

A thousand years Lost in the blink of an eye If the sky keeps fallin' The world will come tumblin' down In a thousand years

A thousand years One day for every life Just keep on going We'll find you a home underground In a thousand years

[Instrumental break]

Sail me away to a distant shore Where everything's fine

A thousand years Lost in the blink of an eye If the sky keeps fallin' The world will come tumblin' down In a thousand years

A thousand years One day for every life Just keep on going We'll find you a home underground In a thousand years

(Sail me away to a distant shore where everything's fine)


It sure isn't C.P's song!

 
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