Laws Of Illusion

Sarah McLachlan Laws Of Illusion Lyrics
1.Awakenings

When we first met the well was dry
A long dark winter passed us by
With shooting stars
and hopeful hearts our worlds collide
And so we rushed to fill each other in
Quick to feed our hungry hopes
A feast of our affections we were born anew

With open eyes we tried to make it work
And for a while the magic took
But cracks began to show as soon as things got hard
Like paper walls our feelings tore
We threw our backs against the door
Unwilling to bear witness to the other side

Oh, the games we play to hide the tangled dread inside
The fear that we are going nowhere fast
We point the finger out, the anger gets so loud
It drowns out all the sorrow,
at least until tomorrow...what then?

I took a good hard look at how I loved
Years I squandered falling fast
For any boy who'd have me was so insecure
I'd lie awake alone at night
Full of loathing, compromised
And wondering how the hell did I end up like this

Oh, the tears of rage I cried,
when nowhere could I find
An answer that made any kind of sense to me
I point the finger out, the anger gets so loud
It drowns out all the sorrow,
at least until tomorrow...

Oh I wanna learn, I wanna know
Will our history crush us or can we let it go?
I'm not the girl I was but what have I become?
I'm not so willing anymore to bend
Still pleasing and conceding
But I'm not gonna lose myself again


2.Illusions Of Bliss

Here I go again...back into your arms
What ever happened to resolve?
For though I thought that I was strong,
that I could carry on
Awash in the illusion of this bliss

Here I go again...back into the flame
Like a moth so willing to be burned
A little touch a little taste the pheremones embrace
And I get weak with every breathe I take

'Cause it's you who released me
It's you who gave me fire
Oh and now it's impossible to grow
Without breaking stride...I get so high

Take me out beyond the incline
Make it past the former fault line
For today I let the moment win

Here I go again...saying things I shouldn't say
Just so I can hear them back from you

Oh you know I shouldn't stay
I should be on my way
Back to a place I know is real
But the lines are getting blurred
My conscience wont be heard
Awash in the illusion of this bliss

And it's you who released me
It's you who gave me fire
Oh and now it's impossible to grow
Without breaking stride...I get so high

Take me out beyond the incline
Make it past the former fault line
For today I let the moment win


3.Loving You Is Easy

Loving you is easy
Loving you is wondrous and pure
I shout it from the rooftops,
'How long must I wait 'til I see your smile'?
Light up in the moonlight,
Caught up in the sparkle in your eyes
So wicked and I know I should go slow,
But it's not like me to wait

Cause I'm alive and I'm on fire
Shout loud like the starburst into the sky
Oh the fury of desire you burn so bright,
you electrify
You line me up; you take me higher

I've been down a long road
And I've become a stranger to myself
Digging in my heels
And hoping time might be kinder if I waited out
Nothing came from wanting
And I became so small and insecure
Didn't know the cost of all our lies
'Til I found it fresh and new again with you

And I'm on fire
Shout loud like the starburst into the sky
Oh the fury of desire you burn so bright,
you electrify
You line me up, you take me higher

Loving you is easy
Loving you is wondrous and pure
I shouted from the rooftops
'How long must I wait 'til I see you smile?'


4.Changes

I can't believe that you're walking away from us
Could not conceive we'd ever be done
But I feel you drifting you don't have to hide from me
I just keep hoping you let me in

Maybe I can't help but talking may,
I am here for you

Time passes on by and the way we love changes
And we're learning to waltz through the waves like everyone
Let it keep us from falling
Would you dance with me now?

The candle burned out and we stumbled around in the dark
And I can feel you slipping away
The band keeps on playing the world keeps revolving
Around all the static, the noise in between

And we need to hear that song again,
let the love shine through

Time passes on by and the way we love changes
And we're learning to waltz through the waves like everyone
Let it keep us from falling
Would you dance with me, dance with me now?

New walls new ladders, none of this matters
We can't walk on water, we can only do better
If its not forever, if it's time to go I will always remember
I want you to know

When you held me in your arms and said,
Let the love shine through

Time passes on by and the way we love changes
And we're learning to waltz through the waves like every one
Let it keep us from falling
Would you dance with me, dance with me now?
Would you dance with me, dance with me now?


5.Forgiveness

Loving, lying enemy
I have seen your face before
Never thought again I'd see
Didn't want to anymore

I remember your loving eyes
And the moonlit kiss
The evening lullabies I will truly miss
Through the years we had it all
Midnight whispers, the midday calls
This house of cards, it had to fall

And you ask for forgiveness
You're asking too much
I have sheltered my heart in a place you can't touch
I don't believe when you tell me your love is real
Cause you don't know much about heaven, boy
If you have to hurt to feel

Every time I see you, I can't help but look away
All along I had believed everything you'd say
When I look now I know I've seen your face before
Don't want your deceiving smile, standing at my door

And I don't care what people say
I'm ready now to face this day
Cause I have lost you along the way

And you ask for forgiveness
You're asking too much
I have sheltered my heart in a place you can't touch
I don't believe when you tell me your love is real
Cause you don't know much about heaven, boy
If you have to hurt to feel

Cause you don't know much about heaven, boy
If you have to hurt...

To ask for forgiveness
You're asking too much
I have sheltered my heart in a place you can't touch
I don't believe when you tell me your love is real
Cause you don't know much about heaven, boy
If you have to hurt to feel


6.Rivers Of Love

There's a tunnel that leads to the rivers of love
Its sights make you bleed till you're white as a dove
Don't bother to bring on the baggage you cling to
The porter will free you before you come through
The doorway that cleanses,
the darkness that mends
It's easy to smile in the end

And it all comes down
To leaving it all behind and moving on
To the rivers of love
And never be lonely again
How long have you waited?
How long till you drown?

The rules and directions,
the twists and corrections
Take tolls on the highs we still strive till we die
To seek out the one love,
the one that we dream of
The one may be there with you everyday
Alone and untethered and free of all ties
Free since the day you first cried

And it all comes down
To leaving it all behind and moving on
To the rivers of love
And never be lonely again
How long have you waited?
How long till you drown?

And it all comes down
To leaving it all behind and moving on
To the rivers of love
And never be lonely again
How long have you waited?
How long till you drown?
How long have you waited?
How long till you drown?


7.Love Come

Love come, light up the shadows
Let the beauty of you enter in
For I have hungered for a tender touch
A long and lonely time

I've seen much more than I want to
So much anger, so much pain
A line is drawn and lives are torn apart
The wound's too hard to heal

Love has taken me in, lifted my load
And in this empty place a wonder grows
A dream of some kind of peace I could hold up as true
I never knew anything about love before you

You can call, and I come running
I can sense the flood before it breaks
And I'd do anything to dry your tears
To let you know you're safe

Love has taken me in, lifted my load
And in this empty place a wonder grows
And I dream of some kind of peace I can hold up as true
I never knew anything about love before you

Love come, light up the shadows
Let me drink the beauty of you in
For I have hungered for a tender touch
A long and lonely time


8.Out Of Tune

Behind our door, there's no war
No burning towers, just hours of peace
Between us at least, no pretense, no violence
Makes no sense

It isn't my heart that's grown cold
The same mistakes are getting old
I'm lost for words, I don't know what to do

But when I'm lying here with you
And the whole worlds out of tune
You're the one and only voice that makes things right
So stay with me tonight

Behind our door, there's no hunger
No one trying to sell me heaven
Just loving arms, it's just tonight
I don't want to hear about our trying times
Don't wanna know 'bout lost children
About someone held for ransom

It isn't my heart that's grown cold
The same mistakes are getting old
I'm lost for words, I don't know what to do

But when I'm lying here with you
And the whole worlds out of tune
You're the one and only voice that makes things right
So stay with me tonight

But when I'm lying here with you
And the whole worlds out of tune
You're the one and only voice that makes things right
So stay with me tonight


9.Heartbreak

Before the night comes, before the city sleeps
I walk a lonely mile
I know you're out there
I know you're waiting for me to make a sign

I know you'd like me to go and crumble
Reveal myself to you
I lost a wing and grew a shell on the wound
Oh so soon

And heartbreak no you can't catch me
Hot on my heals but I move too fast
I know you think that I would make good company...at last

You always come 'round after your good friend love
Has gone and run aground
A heart in shambles oh it's just what you need
Your purpose found

You turn the lights down and draw the curtains
You put the kettle on
Come over here, sit down tell me your troubles
You sing the saddest song

And heartbreak no you can't catch me
Hot on my heals but I move too fast
I know you think that I would make good company... at last

I'm free to wander so get up off of your knees
And find some other fool
Someone who'll hold you when you've got no one to tease
It won't be me

And heartbreak no you can't catch me
Hot on my heals but I move too fast
I know you think that I would make good company...at last


10.Don't Give Up On Us

Love has taken me for a fool
Gotten out in time to save himself
Should've known better but I let things slide
I took you for granted that you'd
always be the one for me
And baby I stopped trying

Oh baby, don't give up on us
I know your heart is full of doubt,
you don't need to be without
These loving arms will hold you through
your darkest hour
I'll be using all my power so I can reach you
Oh my love, don't give up on us

Am I living alone here
or have I turned to dust?
It hurts, it hurts to wait for just a little love
You must give me a sign love,
can't you see me standing here?
Alive and well with all the hope
you'll be the one for me
And baby I'll keep trying

Oh baby, don't give up on us
I know your heart is full of doubt,
you don't need to be without
These loving arms will hold you through
your darkest hour
I'll be using all my power so I can reach you
Oh my love, don't give up on, don't give up on,
don't give up on us

Maybe the way out is here
It went where it all begins
We can't go on living on a cloud
We'll never find our way home

Oh, let me reach you
Oh my love, come on let me in
Oh, let me hold you
Oh my love, don't give up on us

Oh, let me reach you
Oh my love, come on let me in
Oh, let me hold you
Oh my love, don't give up on us


11.U Want Me 2

You walk on by
Clueless and so high
Following your aimless path
Away from us

You're so far away
And what can I say?
'Cause I can't be the one
You wanted me to be

So tell me, how do you feel?
It's so confusing
If you let it all go
It'll fall apart

Do you want me to stay
And say I still want you?
You want me to
Don't you?

So what are we saying?
Our Eden's a failure?
A made up story to fit
A picture perfect world?

The one with I do
And I love you
And we are made for each other
Is forever over now?

So tell me, how do you feel?
It's so confusing
If you let it all go
It'll fall apart

Do you want me to stay
And say I still want you?
You want me to
Don't you?

I hope there's forgiveness
In the distance between us
Can't we make what lies ahead of us
A better place to be?

So tell me, how do you feel?
It's so confusing
If you let it all go
It'll fall apart

Do you want me to stay
And say I still want you?
You want me to
Don't you?


12.Bring On The Wonder

I can't see the stars anymore living here
Let's go to the hills where the outlines are clear
Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

I fell through the cracks at the end of our street
Let's go to the beach,
Get the sand through our feet
Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

Bring on the wonder
We got it all wrong
We pushed you down deep in our souls for too long

I don't have the time for a drink from the cup
Let's rest for a while 'til our souls catch us up
Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

Bring on the wonder
We got it all wrong
We pushed you down deep in our souls, so hang on
Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long


13.Love Come (Piano ver.)

Love come, light up the shadows
Let the beauty of you enter in
For I have hungered for a tender touch
A long and lonely time
I've seen much more than I want to
So much anger, so much pain
A line is drawn and lives are torn apart
The wound's too hard to heal

Love has taken me in, lifted my load
And in this empty place a wonder grows
A dream of some kind of peace I could hold up as true
I never knew anything about love before you

You can call, and I come running
I can sense the flood before it breaks
And I'd do anything to dry your tears
To let you know you're safe

Love has taken me in, lifted my load
And in this empty place a wonder grows
And I dream of some kind of peace I can hold up as true
I never knew anything about love before you

Love come, light up the shadows
Let me drink the beauty of you in
For I have hungered for a tender touch
A long and lonely time