Hope Lyrics - Anathema

"I was not put here by anyone in fear 

I came alone as me 

Just an idea in a long chain of discovery 

Surrounded by the same you 

Sometimes your tide pulls me out to sea 

And I die in a thrashing curse 

Sometimes we are kind 

More often, I doze 

So far up the beach that those who try to reach are burnt alive in the searing 

heat of the desert of my dispassion 

So far removed, I never hear the water 

'Cept once or twice a month when I see a mirror 

And I refuse to believe in some of the things that are said to be here 

Let alone those that are not 

I'm trying to change my direction 

Ours is pathetic in my own humble estimation 

I love the planet 

The great benign she-wolf 

Benefactor 

Spinning gently on towards the red giant four aeons hence 

When all the rose gardens are consumed in the flash-fire of flying time 

She'll leave alone to you" 

When you look at me 

From your own century 

I may seem to be 

Strange archeology 

But when the winds blow 

From this direction 

You may sense me there 

In your reflection 

I think I feel you 

But I will never know 

As the swallows leave 

And the children grow 

I wanted to live forever 

The same is you will too 

I wanted to live forever 

And everybody knew 

When I caught you there 

In tomorrows mirror 

I thought felt you 

Jump out of my skin 

Throwing oil into 

My blazing memories 

Filling empty footsteps 

I was standing in 

I wanted to live forever 

The same as you will too 

I wanted to live forever 

And everybody knew 

As the falling rain 

Of the northern jungle 

Hanging droplets on the leaves 

Bombards my brain 

I hear you 

Across the room 

A sea of daffodils spring into bloom 

You are the mist 

The frost across my window pane 

And again 

She moves her body 

And her whispers weave 

And the world spins 

And tells me that I'll never want to leave 

As I think of you 

From this dark century 

I will always be 

With generosity 

That we both may share 

The hope in hearing 

That we're not just 

Spirits disappearing 

[Spoken word transcribed by Phil Morgan. These aren't a part of the original lyrics of "Hope"] 

[Lyrics & Music: Harper/Gilmour]