its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
Sweet child of innocence
Living in the present tense
Father Time will take his toll
Rack your body and steal your soul
What became of all the years?
Are you drowning in your tears?
Who will catch you when you fall?
Who will hear you when you call?
I will comfort you
Take your hand and see you through
I will take you through the door
Who do you think you are?
Try to live forever and you won't get far
I wait behind your door
It makes no difference if you're rich or poor
Though you're weary and afraid
Still you try to flee my blade
Come and walk in my new land
If you'll only take my hand
I will comfort you
Take your hand and see you through
I will take you through the door
In the image of those who have walked before me here
I am cast in the web of an ancient spell
I'm holding on to life, I'm drifting in a stream
Everything's much clearer now
We live within a dream and never wake
No, we never wake
Judge not by what you see
More than you can count are here with me
Give up your foolish pride
All that walk the earth have died
What became of all the years?
Are you drowning in your tears?
Who will catch you when you fall?
Who will hear you when you call?
I will comfort you
Take your hand and see you through
I will take you through the door
I will comfort you
Take your hand and see you through
I will take you through the door
Living in the present tense
Father Time will take his toll
Rack your body and steal your soul
What became of all the years?
Are you drowning in your tears?
Who will catch you when you fall?
Who will hear you when you call?
I will comfort you
Take your hand and see you through
I will take you through the door
Who do you think you are?
Try to live forever and you won't get far
I wait behind your door
It makes no difference if you're rich or poor
Though you're weary and afraid
Still you try to flee my blade
Come and walk in my new land
If you'll only take my hand
I will comfort you
Take your hand and see you through
I will take you through the door
In the image of those who have walked before me here
I am cast in the web of an ancient spell
I'm holding on to life, I'm drifting in a stream
Everything's much clearer now
We live within a dream and never wake
No, we never wake
Judge not by what you see
More than you can count are here with me
Give up your foolish pride
All that walk the earth have died
What became of all the years?
Are you drowning in your tears?
Who will catch you when you fall?
Who will hear you when you call?
I will comfort you
Take your hand and see you through
I will take you through the door
I will comfort you
Take your hand and see you through
I will take you through the door
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