I hear you crying and I know
What it's like to be alone
You're scared and I'm not there
It's like you're living with a ghost
Someone you can't hold
And you say it's so unfair
And just so you know

The distance is what's killing me
Time and space have become the enemy
And what I need is so far away
And so it goes
The distance makes it hard to breathe
My heart won't let go easily
I don't want to be this far away

I'm lying by myself
The silence seems to swell
Someday this all will change
It's a temporary pain
See your face and speak your name
Till then I'll scream into the night
And just so you know

The distance is what's killing me
Time and space have become the enemy
And what I need is so far away
And so it goes
The distance makes it hard to breathe
My heart won't let go easily
I don't want to be this far away

Well I've got my life
And you've got my world tonight
And I miss you (I miss you), I miss you (I miss you)
And just so you know (killing me)
The distance is what's killing me (time and space)
Time and space have become the enemy (enemy)
And what I need is so far away
And so it goes (hard to breathe)
The distance makes it hard to breathe (won't let go)
My heart won't let go easily (easily)
I don't want to be this far away

Two pieces of one kind we live our separated lives
One hundred miles are not so far away
In spite the map of our world
A planet with so many good intensions

The thunder disturbs the calm a tidal wave so strong
What can we do, when we ask our self why we try

The winter is closing in
Invisible frost tears on my skin
On the magic dreams we live, when the distance tear us apart

Like in a fairy tale we fly away into the night
And when the winter is done you'll be back in my arms

[Solo]

Like in a fairy tale we fly away into the night
And when the winter is done you'll be back in my arms
My arms... my arms...

Growing strong by being alone
Knowing that you'll soon be home
Then nothing on Earth can manage to tear us apart
And a garden in blossom will wipe the tears from our eyes
Like in a fairy tale we fly into the night

The thunder disturbs the calm a tidal wave so strong
What can we do, when we ask our self why we try

The winter is closing in
Invisible frost tears on my skin
On the magic dreams we live, when the distance tear us apart

The thunder disturbs the calm a tidal wave so strong
What can we do, when we ask our self why we try

The winter is closing in
Invisible frost tears on my skin
On the magic dreams we live, when the distance tear us apart

Like in a fairy tale we fly away into the night

Saw an old friend yesterday
Guess we both had too much to say
Seems we've taken different sides
All caught up in politics and pride

If we can get beyond the blame
I know we would see we
are still the same
The distance between us will fade
There will be no distance
between us someday

In that distant land across the sea
There are people just like you and me
They just want to see
their children grow
And feel the same love we all know
When we get beyond all
the hurt and blame
And realize we are all the same
The distance between us will fade
There'll be no distance
between us someday

We can rise up
Join each other
We can build a bridge
Brother to brother
Take the steps
We need to take
To get us to a better place

Where the distance between us will fade
There will be no distance
between us one of these days
One of these days

We can rise up
Join each other
We can build a bridge
Brother to brother
Take the steps
We need to take
To get us to a better place
Where the distance
between us fades away
There will be no distance
between us one of these days

One of these days

We can rise up
Join each other
We can build a bridge
Brother to brother
No distance
Between us
One of these days

So long
Since I've seen you it's been a while
Searching
I'm still searching for a smile

The distance there is between us
Doesn't ease the pain
No matter how far away you are
In my mind your eyes remain

Refrão:
Every night
I see you in my dreams
And there you'll stay
Tearing myself to pieces
Knowing things will never be the same

Your love
Is all I ever wanted to know
Moving on
It's hard to do when you can't seem to find the road

I'm so lost
Lost in the memories of yesterday
So here I am talking to your stone
All alone, running out of things to say

Refrão

Every night
I see you in my dreams
And there you'll stay
Knowing inside I must believe
In heaven we'll meet again someday

There's a train out in the distance, destination still unknown
Far away where no one's waiting, so far from home, so far from home

There's a rose outside your window, the first snow is falling down
Like that lonesome whistle blowing
I keep on going, keep on going...

[Chorus:]
Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
You are the light
In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching through the night
I'll never give up the fight
I'll go the distance

There's a thread that runs between us pulling 'cross this great divide
It's only there for the believers
Don't stop believing, don't stop believing

[Chorus:]
Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
You are the light
In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching through the night
I'll never give up the fight
I'll go the distance, I'll go the distance

There's a neverending story that begins with you and I
Like the rose outside your window
Don't let it die, don't let it die

[Chorus:]
Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
You are the light
In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching through the night

Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
You are the light
In my mind I see your red dress and my arms are reaching through the night
I'll never give up the fight
I'll go the distance

There's a train out in the distance, destination still unknown
Far away where no one's waiting, so far from home, so far from home

There's a rose outside your window, the first snow is falling down
Like that lonesome whistle blowing
I keep on going, keep on going...

Chorus:
Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
You are the light
In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching through the night
I'll never give up the fight
I'll go the distance

There's a thread that runs between us pulling 'cross this great divide
It's only there for the believers
Don't stop believing, don't stop believing

Chorus:
Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
You are the light
In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching through the night
I'll never give up the fight
I'll go the distance, I'll go the distance

There's a neverending story that begins with you and I
Like the rose outside your window
Don't let it die, don't let it die

Chorus:
Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
You are the light
In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching through the night

Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
You are the light
In my mind I see your red dress and my arms are reaching through the night
I'll never give up the fight
I'll go the distance

When we sat in evenings
counting up the seconds
between the thunder and the lightning
trying to find the distance
the space between what we feel
and what we see
like the distance coming between you and me

so don't be long
don't be long

all we murder and confetti
our science in the holy ghost
the space between is spread and getting strong
distance only grows so don't be long

so don't be long
don't be long

line between getting air and getting gone
these lines get distorted so don't be long

and if youre going
count the seconds up
count the seconds up for me
don't be long

Reluctantly crouched at the starting line,
Engines pumping and thumping in time.
The green light flashes, the flags go up.
Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup.
They deftly maneuver and muscle for rank,
Fuel burning fast on an empty tank.
Reckless and wild, they pour through the turns.
Their prowess is potent and secretly stern.
As they speed through the finish, the flags go down.
The fans get up and they get out of town.
The arena is empty except for one man,
Still driving and striving as fast as he can.
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up,
And long ago somebody left with the cup.
But he's driving and striving and hugging the turns.
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns.

He's going the distance.
He's going for speed.
She's all alone (all alone)
All alone in her time of need.
Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse,
He's going the distance.

No trophy, no flowers, no flashbulbs, no wine,
He's haunted by something he cannot define.
Bowel-shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse,
Assail him, impale him with monster-truck force.
In his mind, he's still driving, still making the grade.
She's hoping in time that her memories will fade.
Cause he's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse.
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up,
And long ago somebody left with the cup.
But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns.
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns.

Cause he's going the distance.
He's going for speed.
She's all alone (all alone)
All alone in her time of need.
Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse.
He's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse.
He's going the distance.
He's going for speed.
He's going the distance.

Do you remember?
Do you remember?
Do you remember
How you were gonna stay free?
But they had plans for you
And things to do
The same thing goes for me
Well well I never
Saw it coming to me
But when I turned around
To look at you
It was all that I could do

To see the distance
Everybody wants to run
And I'm no different
Feeling like the only one

In the beginning
Everything was so close
And it seemed that everywhere you go
Everybody knows

You don't remember
What you wanted to be
Well they went round the class
And you were last
The clock was fast
So no one asked

To see the distance
Everybody wants to run
And I'm no different
Feeling like the only one

Well how long can you run?
How far and what for?
How far will you run
To get whatever you're after
Year after year after year

Well I've been looking
But I still can't see
How we get from a to b to c
And feel like we should be

Well I've been running
But I've been running around
Now there's nothing left for me to do
But sit around and see the view

And see the distance
Everybody wants to run
And I'm no different
Feeling like the only one

Do you remember?
Do you remember?
Do you remember?

The sky has lost it's color
The sun has turned to grey
At least that's how it feels to me
Whenever you're away

I crawl up in the corner
As I watch the minutes pass
Each one brings me closer to
The time when you'll be back
You're coming back

I can't take the distance
I can't take the miles
I can't take the time
Until the next time I see you smile
I can't take the distance
And I'm not ashamed
That I can't take a breath without saying your name
I can brave a hurricane
And still be standing tall when all the dust has settled down
But I can't take the distance

I still believe in feelings
But sometimes I feel too much
I make believe you're close to me
But it ain't close enough
Not nearly close enough

let him come into the city
let him find his lucky penny
let him put it in his pocket and shake it all around

I've been to pretty buildings, all in search of you
I have lit all the candles, sat in all the pews
the desert had been done before, but I didn't even care
I got sand in both my shoes and scorpions in my hair
I saw that...

oh the distance is not do-able
in these bodies of clay my brother
oh the distance, it makes me uncomfortable
guess it's natural to feel this way
oh, let's hold out for somethin' sweeter
spread your wings and fly

my car became the church and I
the worshipper of silence there
in a moment peace came over me
and the one who was beatin' my heart appeared and....

oh the distance is not do-able
in these bodies of clay my brother
oh the distance, it makes me uncomfortable
guess it's natural to feel this way
oh, are we locked into these bodies?
let's hold out for somethin' sweeter
spread your wings and fly

oh, are we locked into these bodies?
are we anything at all?
let's hold out for somethin' sweeter
spread your wings and fly
this distance is dreamin'
we're already there tonight

We go the distance till there's nowhere left to go
It's complicated, don't you hate what you've become? Oh yeah!

Running out of luck
Trying to keep it punk
You can only let yourself down
Afraid of what you know
A square shape in a round hole
You know, it goes in tight,
Goes in tight

We go the distance till there's nowhere left to go
It's complicated, don't you hate what you've become?

You're running out of time
You're never going nowhere
The best is all behind you
You're spending your cash like a man with no hands
Keepin' it real like your favourite bands
If they don't try
Then we don't buy, we don't buy

It's the distance, it's the distance
It's the distance, the position between me and you
So stand up, so get up
So stand up, so get up

[SOLO!]

We go the distance till there's nowhere left to go
It's complicated, don't you hate what you've become? Oh yeah! Come on!

It's the distance, it's the distance
It's the distance, the position between me and you
So stand up, so get up
So stand up, so get up

It's the distance, it's the distance
It's the distance, the position between me and you
So stand up, so get up
So stand up, so get up
Yeah, come on!

We go the distance till there's nowhere left to go
It's complicated, don't you hate what you've become? Oh yeah! Come on!

So stand up, so get up
So stand up, so get up

Stand up