Closer To Believing Lyrics - Works, Vol. 1 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

I am closer to believing 

Than I ever was before 

On the crest of this elation 

Must I crash upon the shore 

And with the driftwood of acquaintance 

Light the fire to love once more 

I am wind blown...I am times. 

To be closer to believing 

To be just a breath away 

On the death of inspiration 

I would buy back yesterday 

But there's no crueller illusion 

There's no sharper coin to pay 

As I reach out... It slips away 

From the opium of custom 

to the ledges of extremes 

Don't believe it till you've held it 

Life is seldom what it seems 

But lay your heart upon the table 

And in the shuffling of dreams 

Remember who on earth you are 

I need me 

You need you 

We want us 

But of course you know I love you 

Or what else am I here for 

Only you not face to face 

But side by side for evermore 

And I need to be here with you 

For without you what am I 

Just another fool out searching 

For some heaven in the sky 

Take me closer to believing 

Take me forward lead me on 

Through collision and confusion 

While there's life beneath the sun 

You are the reason I continue 

So near for so long 

So close yet so far away 

I need me 

You need you 

We want us to live forever 

Don't let the curtain fall 

Measure after measure 

Of writing on the wall 

That burns so brightly 

It blinds us all 

I need me 

You need you 

We want us to be together 

On Sundays in the rain 

Closer than forever 

Against or with the grain 

To ride the storms of love again 

So be closer to believing 

Though your world is torn apart 

For a moment changes all things 

And to end is but to start 

And if your journey's unrewarded 

May your God lift up your heart 

You are windblown 

But you are mine