A Floating Life Lyrics - Singles - Level 42

in your hands there's a photograph 

you look up, she begins to laugh 

so cold as she walks away 

and you know that it's time to pay 

you're caught in a web you spun yourself 

face to face with your failure this very day 

you call out her name you can't help yourself 

but you need love like you need a - kick in the head 

you worked hard for the things you own 

fancy cars and a country home 

gave it all for a glittering prize 

to be a face people recognise 

on the walls of your home there are works of art 

but you stare at the picture - on the floor 

the face of a man with an aching heart 

it's no fun to be famous anymore 

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(you said ) 

this is a sad day 

and I would gladly give it all away 

in exchange 

for a floating life 

shed your tears for a shallow dream 

let your cry be a primal scream 

a song through the mists of time 

a serenade to your concubine 

you were wrong to believe she could set you free 

you're trapped by the trappings - of success 

and you know the she'll never let you be 

'til the world knows the secrets - you confessed 

(you said) 

I see her cruel face 

my heart is nothing but an empty space 

and on this sad day 

I would gladly give it all away 

in exchange 

for a floating life 

neither asleep nor awake 

losing control you start to shake 

as the day begins to break 

they're gonna shoot you down in flames 

when that girl starts naming names 

there's nowhere to hide from your shame