Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors Lyrics - Fish

Listen to me 

Just hear me out 

If I could have your attention 

Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd 

I get so confused and I don't understand 

I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say 

But you don't get the chance 

Just a voice in the crowd 

I don't know the score anymore 

It's not clear anymore 

I can't tell right from wrong anymore 

I just don't understand 

I was sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old 

Like changing the channels on tv 

Or the dirt that we stand in to gold 

When I was young 

My father told me just bad guys die 

At the time just a little white lie 

It was one of the first but it hurt me the most 

And the truth stung like tears in my eyes 

That even the good guys must die 

There's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why 

Even now it still makes me cry 

If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line 

Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding 

Just some answers to the questions that surround me now 

If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line 

Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right 

Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you 

I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors 

Where nothing here is ever what it seems 

You stand so close but you never understand it 

For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind? 

And you sit there and talk revolution 

But can you tell me just who's in command? 

When you tell me the forces we're fighting 

Then I'll join you and gladly make plans 

But for now only our t-shirts cry freedom 

And our voices are gagged by our greed 

Our minds are harnessed by knowledge 

By the hill and the will to succeed 

And if that's not what you believe 

Would you just let me know 

I'm not standing alone 

That I'm not just a voice in the crowd 

If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line 

Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding 

Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you 

If there's somebody up there, just throw me down a line 

Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right 

Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you 

I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors 

Where nothing is exactly how it seems 

You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it 

But it all disappears when it's always so near 

But one day we will find that we stand in the light 

Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors 

Nothing here is ever what it seems 

I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers 

That preside over our minds and our lives 

When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth 

Day by day it's getting louder 

And day by day it's getting stronger 

But when I can't scream no more and I need reassurance, 

I listen to the crowd 

And the boy stood and stared at the hill 

And the hill - it stared back