@ALBUM: parallels all songs written by jim matheos all songs arranged by fates warning all songs copyright 1991 matheos music/full volume music/virgin songs bmi 'parallels' is dedicated to the memory of ann dibiase @SONG: leave the past behind <6:14> and here we are again the door is closed behind us and the long road lies ahead where dw we go from here its time to make a change lets trace the problem to its source no more riding the waves on a river thats run its course I stood at the door to a new beginning two choices before me and I was afraid leave the past behind the long road lies ahead bury your pride and say goodbye leave the past behind tied to a fading memory of something lost in time afraid to make the change scared to leave the past behind I stood at the door to a new beginning the future called and frightened I turned away leave the past behind the long road lies ahead close your eyes and forget the fear leave the past behind we stand at the door to a new beginning two choices before us dont be afraid leave the past behind the long road lies ahead close your eyes and forget the fear leave the past behind @SONG: life in still water <5:44> feeling the weight of unseen chains this routine is growing thin its a narrow path that we walk and the walls are closing in caving in is there room still for us to grow within the bounds weve come to know beneath the dust of our days hides the key to our emotions and its been a while since weve been moved without going through the motions no emotions is there time still for us to sho feelings we forgot long ago living life in still water blinded by what weve become YOU get tired of screaming when youre not reaching anyone I think its time now for YOU to know holding on is easier than letting go living life in still water blinded by what weve become YOU get tired of screaming when youre not reaching anyone @SONG: eye to eye <4:06> I saw YOU once again last night through a sea of sullen faces admiring eyes following the path that the spotlight traces eye to eye and the miles still divide what was it YOU saw last night when YOU gave yourself to me was it the thread of a common bond or the touch of cold reality eye to eye and the miles still divide we can move each other to tears but we cant see eye to eye and the miles still divide each of us alone in silence when we meet eye to eye all we can really share is the coldness we feel and the silent memory of the moment we met eye to eye and the miles still divide we can move each other to tears but we cant see eye to eye and the miles still divide each of us alone in silence when we meet eye to eye and the miles still divide each of us alone in silence when we meet eye to eye and the miles still divide we can move each other to tears but we cant see eye to eye @SONG: the eleventh hour <8:12> I know its getting late but I feel I need to explain all the laughter and the lies cant stay the fear or hide the pain somewhere along the way we exchanged our dreams for selfish pride there was a common goal but somehow that vision has died is it so hard to understand the facts that YOU ignore weve grown tired of trying wasting our time criticizing and nothings easy anymore is it too late to understand the writing thats on the walls while we watch time slip through our hands were deaf to our own demands when the eleventh hour calls I know its getting late but I feel I need to explain @SONG: point of view <5:07> looking out on a familiar scene theres no agreement in what we see your perception lacks clarify and my perspective is blinding me side by side divided they stand parallel lives running parallel with YOU to the point where our horizons divide my opinion is just a point of view and your position is the other side caught up in our convictions we forget how our senses distort things we see we cant accept our differences but we can always disagree side by side divided they stand parallel lives running parallel wiht YOU to the point where our horizons divide my opinion is just a point of view and your position is the other side where I stand is not so far from YOU a different opinion is just another point of view parallel lives running parallel with YOU to the point where our horizons divide my opinion is just a point of view and your position is the other side @SONG: we only say goodbye <4:56> today was the end of a dream as I watched your shadow disappear another moment for the memory as we lose another year though I heard YOU call my name but YOU only said goodbye always somewhere we only say goodbye going nowhere we only say goodbye theres never time to say all the things we need to say when its too late we can only say goodbye tonight I felt your presence again as we shared the sorrow weve always known but i heard the distance in your voice and I knew I was alone tried to tell YOU my deepest thoughts but I only said goodbye always somewhere we only say goodbye going nowhere we only say goodbye theres never time to say all the things we need to say when its too late we can only say goodbye across the miles both of us reaching we try but its so hard to touch when we only say goodbye always somewhere we only say goodbye always somewhere we only say goodbye going nowhere we only say goodbye theres never time to say all the things we need to say when its too late we can only say goodbye @SONG: dont follow me <4:42> another late night confession told to a captive audience and YOU listen with your ear to the door waiting for pearls of wisdom to fall like open secrets overheard through the cracks in the wall with calculated candor YOU play the part of a trusted confidant moving closer for a better view looking for more than eyes can see on the tattered pages of an open diary if YOU want to know just what I see look at yourself and dont ask me and if YOU want to know where were going keep your distance and dont follow me like an old friend with nothing left to say youll find im not who YOU though id be as YOU contemplate the silence waiting for pearls of wisdom to fall from the sill uncertain heart that beats behind the wall if YOU want to know just what I see look at yourself and dont ask me and if YOU want to know where were going keep your distance and dont follow me @SONG: the road goes on forever <6:32> its so cold in the shadow of distant lights and the chilling wind slows down our pace and tests our will still a voice whispers it will be over soon and we find the courage to climb the hill sometimes I lose sight of where im going fanned by a flame I cant remember but distant lights still burn bright and the road goes on forever year after year with renewed ambition we scale the walls to find theres nothing there still idle hands clutch the empty page with the passion of a desperate prayer sometimes I lose sight of where im going fanned by a flame I cant remember but distant lights still burn bright and the road goes on forever and here we are again the doors close behind us and the road goes on and on...