Live: What You And I Have Been Through lyrics

(Performed as instrumental)

Music Lyrics: John Popper Bob Sheehan

Just think about what you and I have been through
And tell me why I should not be afraid
I said don't want to hear about the promises they told us
I don't wanna hear about the progress that they made

Slow change
Don't mean nothing to me

Well fear not, cause my fear soon turns to anger
As I watch my world get ruined by a pristine hand

Moonlight's in her eyes and I can't see three feet in front of me

And its the middle of the day

Herculean tasks they come and go so easily

When her rods and her cones play

White bluely bathed in Elysian fields they run

And I don't care what time it is

I'd throw my watch away if I could hold the lunar surface

With the flicker of light that she witnesses

And when the day begins I need her to begin me

She's hell-for-leather when I let her see what's in me

It's so addicting there's no predicting what's she's going to do or say

By the gods that made her I can't persuade her but she'll do it for me anyway

She isn't real

No, I've never met her

Simply a hope, perchance to dream

Ah but still, I can't forget her

Tryin' to make a train at sunrise
Gonna have to run a red light
Tryin' to make a train at sunrise
Gonna have to run a red light
Travlin' with my Carolina
You know, the girl kept me up all night
And when my Carolina throw down
You know the girl know how to fight

Don't think we're gonna make it
There's nothin' else that anyone could do
I Don't think we're gonna make it

Standing here with a tale to tell
I might as well tell to you
Nothing near Wagnerian
As Terminator Two
Its an old one about a little dirt farm girl
Who wanted to get out for good
Shed do anything to keep that dream
Shed do anything she could

CHORUS:
Who was she
To feel so free
With her heart on her sleeve
She just couldnt believe...
There was a price to pay

When the fire

In your belly ain't been shrinking

And there's nothing

Laying around that you could be drinking

Take no mind
As that stranger tries to pass you

Is he blind?

Or couldn't he clearly see the train?

Couldn't he feel the bloody stain?

Not that I'm one to complain

Why do we chaw upon the pain?

It's just the rage

Just the rage

Just rage

Rage

I've been hoping for some last stand

To bank everything on one heroic play

But when you're waiting for your big chance

I've come to learn that it don't go down that way
And I'm not talking about no free ride

I've stood by and I've watched them fade to dust

Its not for high ideals

'Cause you know I've tried

At some point I think everybody must

And you lost me there

Every time the water breaks and soaks me to the bone

I remember what I left behind by sailing off alone

Pitch and yaw through hurricane, my position is unknown

And the bell rings seven times

Salted brine, I drink it down and breathe it through my nose

No sign of land but I hang on and do my best to close

But the swirling tidal undertow keeps pulling me below

When the sun and the storm refuse to yield
Each celebrating power that they wield
Their stubbornness and strength are revealed
And they combine to grow the crops in every field
And the partnership is sealed

I’ve come to realize they’ve grown me too
And there isn’t much about it either can do
When dreams that you chase after shower you