Amen Omen

Ben Harper

What started as a whisper
Slowly turned in to a scream
Searching for an answer
Where the question is unseen
I don't know where you came from
And I don't know where you've gone
Old friends become old strangers
Between darkness and the dawn

Amen omen, will I see your face again?
Amen omen, can I find the place within
To live my life without you?

I still hear you saying
"All of life is chance
And is sweetest, is sweetest when at a glance"
But I live
I live a hundred lifetimes in a day
But I die a little
In every breath I take

Amen omen, will I see your face again?
Amen omen, can I find the place within
To live my life without you?

I listen to a whisper
Slowly drift away
Silence is the loudest
Parting word you never say
I put I put your world
Into my veins
Now a voiceless sympathy
Is all that remains

Amen omen, will I see your face again?
Amen omen, can I find the place within
To live my life without you?

Amen omen, will I see your face again?
Amen omen, can I see your face again?
Amen omen, can I find the strength to live my life
Amen omen, amen omen, amen omen


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    wow, i love this song so much.

    it rings rather true for quite a lot of people,i imagine

    pikachu1559on January 22, 2005   Link

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