Staring At The Sun

Album: Americana (1998)
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  • Maybe life is like a ride on a freeway
    Dodging bullets while you're trying to find your way
    Everyone's around but no one does a damn thing
    It brings me down but I won't let them

    If I seem bleak
    Well, you'd be correct
    And if I don't speak
    It's 'cause I can't disconnect
    But I won't be burned up by the reflection
    Of the fire in your eyes
    As you're staring at the sun

    Whoa, as you're staring at the sun
    Whoa, as you're staring at the sun
    Whoa, as you're staring at the sun
    As you're staring at the sun

    (Hey) when I ran I didn't feel like a runaway
    (Hey) When I escaped I didn't feel like I got away
    (Hey) There's more to living than only surviving
    Maybe I'm not there but I'm still trying

    Though you hear me
    I don't think that you relate
    My will is something
    That you can't confiscate
    So forgive me but I won't be frustrated
    By destruction in your eyes
    As you're staring at the sun
    Whoa, as you're staring at the sun, whoa

    (Hey) when I ran I didn't feel like a runaway
    (Hey) When I escaped I didn't feel like I got away
    (Hey) There's more to living than only surviving
    Maybe I'm not there but I'm still trying

    Though you hear me
    I don't think that you relate
    My will is something
    That you can't confiscate
    So forgive me but I won't be frustrated
    By destruction in your eyes
    As you're staring at the sun
    Whoa, as you're staring at the sun, whoa

    (Hey) maybe life is like a ride on a freeway
    (Hey) dodging bullets while you're trying to find your way
    (Hey) everyone's around but no one does a damn thing
    It brings me down but I won't let them

    If I seem bleak
    Well, you'd be correct
    And if I don't speak
    It's 'cause I can't disconnect
    But I won't be burned up by the reflection
    Of the fire in your eyes
    As you're staring at the sun

    Whoa, as you're staring at the sun
    Whoa, as you're staring at the sun
    Whoa, as you're staring at the sun
    As you're staring at the sun Writer/s: Bryan Holland
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Jessiah from Kingston, OhThis is a good song my fav song on americana def pay the man amazing song.
  • Dejan from Koprivnica, CroatiaI really liked this song, then I discovered music!
    AC/DC, Guns'N'Roses...
    But I really like the lyrics on this one.
  • Evan from Pittsburgh, PaReally great song. Comes after 'Have You Ever' on the Americana album.
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