[Verse 1] Let me watch by the fire and remember my days And it may be a trick of the firelight But the flickering pages that trouble my sight Is a book Im afraid to write Its the book of my days, its the book of my life And its cut like a fruit on the blade of a knife And its all there to see as the section reveals Theres some sorrow in every life If it reads like a puzzle, a wandering maze Then I wont understand til the end of my days Im still forced to remember Remember the words of my life [Verse 2] There are promises broken and promises kept Angry words that were spoken, when I should have wept Theres a chapter of secrets, and words to confess If I lose everything that I possess Theres a chapter on loss and a ghost who wont die Theres a chapter on love where the inks never dry There are sentences served in a prison I built out of lies [Chorus] Though the pages are numbered I cant see where they lead For the end is a mystery noone can read In the book of my life [Verse 3] Theres a chapter on fathers a chapter on sons There are pages of conflicts that nobody won And the battles you lost and your bitter defeat Theres a page where we fail to meet There are tales of good fortune that couldnt be planned Theres a chapter on god that I dont understand Theres a promise of Heaven and Hell but Im damned if I see [Chorus] Though the pages are numbered I cant see where they lead For the end is a mystery noone can read In the book of my life [Bridge] Now the daylights returning And if one sentence is true All these pages are burning And all thats left is you [Chorus] Though the pages are numbered I cant see where they lead For the end is a mystery noone can read In the book of my life
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