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Mystery of Love Lyrics
The city gates at twilight
And a red ship sinking
Behind winter’s grey wall
Ice in the wind
But a fire in the embers
Of my heart
As darkness falls
In a candlelit room
Where your eyes are laughing
Smoking in the red chair
And nothing in the world
’cept the beating of my heart
Against the nerves of the air
And I know there’s a light
At the end of the tunnel
’cause I taste it on your lips
And I feel a weight
That can bend me double
You lift it with your fingertips
So often it happens
That words prove useless
In the face of how it feels
So it is as the mystery of love
Keeps growing
The more my heart reveals
Temptations endless whispers
Try to keep it in perspective
So much to distract
Walking on a wire
While your juggling desire
It’s all part of your balancing act
And it gets hard to know
Just what you believe
As the argument rages on
But for all of the talk
It’s only true to say
That if you have no hope
There is none
A tangle of tongues
Flesh flowers and thistles
Of conscience, spittle and skin
We can’t change the past
So we’ll raise this cup to our lips
And drink it all in
And meantime back in civilisation
The rain is cold as steel
But the mystery of love
It just keep growing
The more my heart reveals
As sure as the rose
The bright day blooms
As surely still it fades
And the night kindles stars
On empty winds
And ghosts along the collonades
And slow but sure
The sands are falling
As the bridge burns
Beneath the wheel
And the mystery of love
It just keeps growing
The more my heart reveals
The more my heart reveals
And a red ship sinking
Behind winter’s grey wall
Ice in the wind
But a fire in the embers
Of my heart
As darkness falls
In a candlelit room
Where your eyes are laughing
Smoking in the red chair
And nothing in the world
’cept the beating of my heart
Against the nerves of the air
At the end of the tunnel
’cause I taste it on your lips
And I feel a weight
That can bend me double
You lift it with your fingertips
So often it happens
That words prove useless
In the face of how it feels
So it is as the mystery of love
Keeps growing
The more my heart reveals
Try to keep it in perspective
So much to distract
Walking on a wire
While your juggling desire
It’s all part of your balancing act
And it gets hard to know
Just what you believe
As the argument rages on
But for all of the talk
It’s only true to say
That if you have no hope
There is none
Flesh flowers and thistles
Of conscience, spittle and skin
We can’t change the past
So we’ll raise this cup to our lips
And drink it all in
And meantime back in civilisation
The rain is cold as steel
But the mystery of love
It just keep growing
The more my heart reveals
The bright day blooms
As surely still it fades
And the night kindles stars
On empty winds
And ghosts along the collonades
And slow but sure
The sands are falling
As the bridge burns
Beneath the wheel
And the mystery of love
It just keeps growing
The more my heart reveals
The more my heart reveals
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Well..this song to me is soft and mellow..like so many other David Gary songs. I could listen to him non stop. his voice is soothing and is also so full of emotion. Love him!
This song like some of his earlier stuff is beautiful in its simplicity. love it!
wow i cant beleive how few people commented on this song. this is a lyrical masterpeice! this guy has a way of describing things thats so incridible. i hope other people get as much out of this song as i do.
"Temptations endless whispers Try to keep it in perspective So much to distract Walking on a wire While your juggling desire It�s all part of your balancing act And it gets hard to know Just what you believe As the argument rages on But for all of the talk It�s only true to say That if you have no hope There is none"
anyone whos honestly pursued truth i think has had to feel this way at some point