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The Acrobat Lyrics
The child is an acrobat
He walks upon the wire
Knowing well that he might fall
Still he climbs up higher
If he should slip
He will surely die
And his body will break and his soul will fly
Into the night where the spirits scream
He will leave this world and become a dream
My father was a sailor
He lived upon the water
Knowing well that he might drown
He sailed beyond the harbor
If he should fall
He will surely die
And his body will sink and his soul will fly
Into the night where the spirits scream
He will leave this world to become a dream
He will leave this world to become a dream
Nothing will change
Time goes by and nothing will
My love she is my saving gracev She holds me through the winter
Knowing well that I will leave
Still she holds me closer
And if my heart should break
I will surely die
And my blood will flow and my soul will fly
Into the night where the spirits scream
We will leave this world and become a dream
We will leave this world and become a dream
He walks upon the wire
Knowing well that he might fall
Still he climbs up higher
If he should slip
He will surely die
And his body will break and his soul will fly
Into the night where the spirits scream
He will leave this world and become a dream
My father was a sailor
He lived upon the water
Knowing well that he might drown
He sailed beyond the harbor
If he should fall
He will surely die
And his body will sink and his soul will fly
Into the night where the spirits scream
He will leave this world to become a dream
He will leave this world to become a dream
Nothing will change
Time goes by and nothing will
My love she is my saving gracev She holds me through the winter
Knowing well that I will leave
Still she holds me closer
And if my heart should break
I will surely die
And my blood will flow and my soul will fly
Into the night where the spirits scream
We will leave this world and become a dream
We will leave this world and become a dream
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Maybe i'm trying to read too deeply into this song but i take it to be about how in life we may try and leave our mark but inevitably we will die and life will go on.
'Nothing will change Time goes by and nothing will'
Also that we fear death, will try our best to avoid it but we cling onto love and it's love that can help us deal with death or atleast avert our thoughts of death for a while.
I don't know if i'm anywhere close to the real meaning and find it hard to really understand what it's about, so does anyone else have any ideas?
I think its about how we're acrobats in that we do these amazing things and take huge risks and a lot of time we fail but we always try again and again. part of our determination has to with the fact that we believe that even in death there is deliverance into freedom... we become a 'dream' and at the very least live on in memory.