Carnival Ride Lyrics

I want to get away, I want to get away from here, from here

Somewhere far away, somewhere far away from here, from here

Out from these four walls that trap me

Away from my thoughts on repeat

I want to fly like a bird, run like the wind

Set off and sail over the sea

Burn hot like the sun, Love like today is my last day

Dance like leaves, float like clouds

Spread my arms wide and twirl all around

Open my heart, love like today is my last day

I used to fall asleep, I used to fall asleep like a babe, like a babe

Now I just toss and turn, now I just toss and turn in my bed

Night after night without sweet dreams

I find myself praying for rest

There’s no escaping myself, I chose this race and I’ll run it

No more distracting myself, I know what love is and I want it

Someday not long from now

Someday not long from now I’ll know peace, I’ll know peace

I’m feeling ready, I’m feeling ready to dig deep, dig deep

Give the gift of forgiveness, start over, wipe the slate clean

Saw your picture in the paper

My old friend, my old neighbor

It’s been so long since I’ve seen your face

It took me back to our childhood days

Banana seats, long-tail kites

Duncan yo-yos, Italian ice

Hot summer days, running wild

‘Til the call of the front porch light

The days are long, the years are short

Today’s just a memory, down the road

We were too young to be wise

A couple of fools thinking we’d never die

First cigarette behind the school

Throwing darts, shooting pool

If we knew then what we know now

We’d have found a way to stay in touch somehow

I suppose we’ll meet again

If you believed in that sort of thing, my old friend

You took your leave way too soon

For all I know I’m right behind you

I heard a woman crying and though I couldn’t see her I felt an urge to comfort

I started walking toward the sound of her heart breaking

Could I do something for her? Far away, her sobbing faded

I saw a poor man juggling at an intersection and I rolled down my window

I handed him some money and then he blessed me kindly

I thanked him for his blessing, when the light turned I kept on driving

I saw a seagull struggling in the sand so I approached her, then I saw what ailed her

The fishing line around her legs kept her from flying off

I spoke softly to her knowing she was alone and frightened

I couldn’t soothe the woman

I couldn’t save the poor man

I couldn’t set the seabird free

And yet I still believe that small acts of kindness matter

Though helpless I may feel

Paint yourself a picture, start with brush and paper

Tubes of watercolor arranged upon the table

Pick your favorite color, add a touch of water, watch as the paper drinks it in

Feel yourself relax as you begin

Paint yourself a picture, you’re a true beginner

Every stroke’s a mystery and every hue’s a treasure

All the many colors there upon your palette, they’re waiting to see what they inspire

Waiting to reveal your heart’s desire

Cadmium orange and cobalt blue, new gamboge and opera rose

Burnt sienna and umber too, all the colors depend on you

Paint yourself a picture, now you’ve filled up the paper

See how the pigment flows beyond the paper’s edge

Across the kitchen table and onto the wall beside you, your brush takes on a life all of its own

A life like one you’ve never known

Windsor violet and ultramarine, brown madder and shadow green

Alizarin crimson and Antwerp blue, all the colors depend on you

Paint yourself a picture, you’re through the open door now

Your palette never empties and your brush never runs dry

Every surface is your canvas and though you’ve never done this

Now you find you’re asking yourself why

You never knew you could until you tried

I’ve been holding on to the laughter, holding on to the smiles

And the hand in my palm of a sweet, sweet child

I’ve been holding on to the scores of memories

But my hand’s cramped and tired it’s all slipping from me

I’m not broken, no not broken

There’s this feeling inside breaking through this disguise

No, I’m not broken

I feel a little shake in my voice when I speak

The words you want to hear, the words I don’t believe

I lean to the left careful not to fall

From this rope that I walk over this towering wall

Perhaps there’s a little crack just below my knee

I may falter as I step but keep my feet under me

It’s there to keep me honest, there to keep me real

There to remind me our hearts will heal

I’m not broken, no not broken

There’s this feeling inside breaking through this disguise

No, I’m not broken

I’m not broken, no not broken

At the end of the day I know I’ll find my own way

And I’ll be ok, ‘cause I’m not broken

There’s a light shining in our room

It’s the moon beaming through the window

We’re both staring at the shadows on the ceiling

To distract us from what we’re feeling

On a bed of pins and needles

We’re so tired but sleep’s out of reach

Do I ask how your day was

Or are there still harsh words to speak?

Did we go too far, say words we both regret?

Will the night calm us down, will time help us forget?

Close your eyes, drift away, awake to a new day

Close the space between us where we lay, I know you 

And you know who I am

If we go too far, say words we both regret

May the night calm us down, let time help us forget

Close our eyes, drift away, awake to a new day

Close the space between us where we lay, I know you

And you know who I am

Early morning walking through the winter woods I look to the sky

Saw your face gazing down at me, surprised look in your eyes

You usually run with the stars, my head’s been hanging low

And here you are

I’ve seen you dancing with Venus and Mars, a beautiful sight

Like fireflies in a mason jar I catch your light

I’ve been turning in the dark so I pulled you from my pocket, twisted the top

And here you are

You can shine over the mountains, leave your trail across the seas

Shed your light on every forest, every branch on every tree

Give the gift of shadow and your nightly lunar dance

But the light from your eyes will always weave its way back to me

The clouds have laid themselves between me and the midnight sky

I miss your face gazing down at me, miss your comforting light

Just a breeze to set you free but the air is still as concrete beneath my feet 

And here you are

I make a left on South Main in a Jersey town, cross the bridge to the island of truth

Night still hides the coming of a new day, I see the skyline ahead, her bones come into view

Sun rises slowly punching a hole into morning, I rise thru her beams, my breath starts to show

The business of the day falls away to silence, my feet on steel, joy in my soul

I’m high in the clouds, my heart’s cupped in my hands, set it free like a white winged dove

It’s a long way down to the rush and the city’s sounds, I love my life all these stories high

I see the world through the eyes of the angels, my toes clenched like a bird on a wire

I strap on in to keep myself from falling, if I fall there ain’t much chance for me to fly

Blues, yellows, golds and reds drape the sky like a blanket across my bed

Safe and warm on a cold winter’s morn

One by one, the crew files on, takes their place, face the sun

We stop to take in what God has done

We’re high in the clouds, our heart are cupped in our hands, set ‘em free like a white winged dove

It’s a long way down to the rush and the city’s sounds

We’re at peace all these stories high, it’s a beautiful world all these stories high

Mi amor, no dudes cuanto te quiero

Tu y yo tenemos algo precioso

Aunque nuestro tiempo se cortó

Nada cambiará el sentimiento

Mi amor, tengo mil memorias dulces

Corazón, te guardo en mis sueños siempre

No será posible olvidar

Todo que sentí y que decimos

No pierdas la fé, yo estoy aquí, siempre estaré

Dos almas unidas no se separan

Mi amor, no podemos ver el futuro

Contenta estoy sabiendo sólo que te he encontrado

Llevo tu cariño y tu amor

No hay más que necesito

No pierdas la fé, yo estoy aquí, siempre estaré

Dos almas unidas no se separan

Poor old bag lady pushes her life in a buggy ‘round this town

Picking up things the world’s thrown away, she’s got the corner on the lost and found

Spends her evenings on a cot in a shelter or a cardboard box some nights

I guess you could say she’s free of it all but it sure ain’t much of a life

Sure ain’t much of a life

Give me big concrete bridges, underneath it’s dry

Big concrete bridges and a bottle of Thunderbird wine

I know this man, he sleeps in his car, he ain’t a part of the American dream

Rolls the windows up, cranks the seat back and watches movies in the headlight beams

Well the folks at the mission bring him other folks’ clothes

He’s always there at their welcome mat

They treat him just fine, he smiles all the time, but I couldn’t live like that

People I couldn’t live like that

Tall grey buildings shooting up from the clouds where the skinny people live uptown

Taking their money to hide at the top, let me tell you, it’s a long way down

Well, there’s this guy on the corner cuttin’ blocks out of stone

He’s gettin’ ready to carve a new name

When it’s all bought and sold they’ll stick it there by the hole where everybody ends the game

Everybody ends the same

Give me big concrete bridges I’m going to be just fine

Give me big concrete bridges and a bottle of Thunderbird wine

Give me big concrete bridges, listen to the car wheels whine

Big concrete bridges and a bottle of Thunderbird wine

Darkness falls, shadows climb the walls, if I wait too long, won’t be any light at all

That’s not the way I want my life to be

Darkness has never been my friend, you see, the thought of certain memories staring back at me

This pounding in this dark room is just my racing heart

Keep me on my feet, boy, there’s really nowhere to run

The sheets to our nose as the thunder rolls free

Only way I know to save this child in me

Let’s take a peek over the side of the bed

Let’s run that boogey man right out of our head

Storms are brewing outside, could it bring down the lines?

Do I back into a corner and cover my eyes?

This child inside me is getting harder to see

The older I get the further away he seems

My face looks the same, I guess, a few age spots on my hands tell the rest

But I still get a kick out of Green Eggs & Ham

Won’t you help me keep the lights on, Sam I Am?

Won’t you help me keep the lights on, Sam I Am?

Hands on my hips, eyes to the ground

Climbing this hill, shoulders weighed down

Thinking of you, thinking of you

My autumn path, falling leaves

Solitude, lonely breeze

Without you, without you

It would be easier to climb this hill with you by my side 

Memories yet to make

Sweeter dreams, new mistakes

When I’m with you, when I’m with you

It will be easier to take this hill with you by my side

Am I out here alone, a solitary searcher?

Are you on the other side? Should I keep pushing on? 

If I knew your name would you hear me call it out loud? 

Winter wind across my face

Another year fades away

Still without you, still without you

It’ll be easier to face this hill when you’re by my side

It would be easier, please make it easier, be by my side