The Turning

Sam Phillips The Turning Lyrics
1.River Of Love

There's a river of love that runs through all times
There's a river of grief that floods through our loves
It starts when a heart is broken into
By the thief of belief in anything that's true
But there's a river of love that runs through all time

There's a river of love that runs through all time
There's a river of tears that flows through our eyes
We fight through the night for freedom as it fades
Into a jail where we fail everytime we make a break
But there's a river of love that runs through all time

I had to run before i knew how to crawl
The first step was hard but i have had trouble with them all
But now the night grows darker and the day grows dim
'cause i know i never will see you again
And i almost made you happy

There's a river of love that runs through all time
There's a river of fire that burns with no light
The flame is the pain of dreams gone up in smoke
From the lies we deny and breathe until we choke
There's a river of love that runs through all time


2.Love Is Not Lost

Love is not lost

Boy
Boy meets girl
And you know the rest
Boy loses his girl
In their love's first test

Is this supposed to be a happy ending now
Is this the way it always goes

Girl
Throws in her heart
Like a losing hand
She uses the boys
'cause she thinks she'll never find her man

Is this supposed to be a happy ending now
Is this the way it always goes
Well i think i want my money back
Because that's not all i know

Love is not lost
It's not a lost cause

I meet you
And you cut my heart
You shake my ideals
Until they fall apart

Have i lost it if i hope for something more
Than feeling fatalistic pain
And if true love never did exist
How could we know its name

Love is not lost
It's not a lost cause
Don't give up now
Love is not lost


3.The Turning

The turning from light to shadows
From burning to indifference
The turning of heart to granite
Of steel hopes to molten fear

And when it turns on me
Don't let it turn on me

The turning of admiration to obsession
Of caring to control
The turning of shouts to whispers
Of warm and full to grey and hollow


4.Libera Me

Dreams that i can't trace
Pull my heart away
From love i long to taste
Why do i run away
When i come face to face with anything i need

I am so afraid
If i keep hoping
That there will come a day
When my heart is open
That you will walk away
Like you were never there

And i don't know all the truth
From the lying
But i know that i need you
Because i am dying
From being held by hell
In a cell of blinding fear

Libera, libera, libera me
From this dark dream
To the life stream
Libera, libera, libera me
From this bruised soul
Living half-whole
Libera, libera, libera me

I know there is a place
Free from no borders
Before i turn this grace
Into disorder
I've got to find a way
Out of this chaos


5.Carry You

When the water's too high
When the water's too high
I will carry you
I will carry you

When the water's too high
When the water's too high
I will carry you
I will carry you

I will carry you
I will carry you
I will carry you
When the water's too high
I will carry you

When the night is too black
When the night is too black
I will carry you
I will carry you

When the water's too high
When the water's too high
I will carry you
I will carry you

I will carry you
I will carry you
When the water's too high
I will carry you


6.Beating Heart

How long have i got
Before common days become legend
How long have i got
'til this dream of life becomes heaven
Oh, life passed too fast
It's hard to know it won't last forever

How long have i got
Before passion gives up its fire
How long have i got
Before time strangles desire
Oh, my fear is to leave here
Never having really arrived

Who can hear my beating heart
Pounding so, wanting more
Who can hear my beating heart
Pounding on the door

How long have i got
To make mistakes and be wiser
How long have i got
To learn to be less of a liar
Oh, to face my best try i know
I need someone who is higher

How long have i got
To answer a higher calling
How long have i got
To walk the line without falling
Oh, needing meaning, wanting to know
Just what i'm here for


7.Expectations

You lock me up with your expectations
You lock me up with your expectations
Loosen the pressure you choked me with
I can't breathe
I can't breathe

You stripped my heart with your accusations
You shut me into an affectation
Loosen the pressure you choked me with
I can't breathe
I can't breathe

Let me pull down on your high ideals
To sweet earth honest and wide
Tumble with me in an undoubted craze
Don't hold back the tide

You might get caught in sweet captivation
If you let your mind take this aberration
Loosen the pressure you choked me with
I can't breathe
I can't breathe

You lock me up with your accusations
You lock me up with your accusations
You lock me up
You lock me up
You lock me up


8.Down

Down
I hit the dirt when i see
Who you really are
Down
All my strength leaves me like
A falling star

Cut to the heart i am opened up
Like a wound
Shattered convictions i thought
Were reflecting you
Cut to the heart i am opened up
Like a wound
Shattered convictions i thought
Were reflecting you

Down
Comes my religion like leaves
On winter trees
Down
You come to me with your love
On hands and knees


9.Answers Don't Come Easy

Tell me
What to do with this beating heart
While i bleed alone tonight
And it's alright if you don't say a word
Or make it all work right

I can wait
It's enough to know you can hear me now
Oh i can wait
It's enough to feel so near you now
And when answers don't come easy
I can wait

Mind's eye can only see so far
And reason can only guess
But knowing you see more than what meets the eye
Helps me see through my helplessness


10.God Is Watching You

When your life's about to start - god is watching you
When you have a shattered heart - god is watching you
When you're a slave and when you're freed - god is watching you
When what you call love's really need - god is watching you

God is watching you
God is watching you

When you wake up in the night - god is watching you
When you're dancing in the light - god is watching you
When you don't need to use force - god is watching you
When you don't ever feel remorse - god is watching you

When you're a hero to us all - god is watching you
When you take that fated fall - god is watching you
When you hide your head in the sand - god is watching you
When you find a brand new land - god is watching you

When out of fear you judge your friend - god is watching you
When you let a stranger in - god is watching you
When you always have to win - god is watching you
When love requires that you give in - god is watching you

When you play the cards you're dealt - god is watching you
When you won't reveal yourself - god is watching you
When you believe enough to die - god is watching you
When you say your last goodbye - god is watching you