Holding Back

It's in the darkness of believing
 It's in the shadows where we have to stand
 Beside the loving and the grieving
 O I'll never understand
 It's in the way it has to reach us
 It's in the restless of the shifting sand
 And all the truth it has to teach us
 O I'll never understand
 Holding back to listen to the ocean
 Holding back to dance inside the storm
 I may be foolish but I don't care
 As long as you are there
 From edge to edge we take our pleasure
 We follow blindly each insane command
 Judged by some eternal measure
 O I'll never understand
 O and peace is child to no-one
 We're held together by an endless strand
 First to be woven then to be undone
 O I'll never understand
 Holding back to listen to the ocean
 Holding back to dance inside the storm
 I may be foolish but I don't care
 As long as you are there
 Soon all the promises are broken
 And expectation passes underhand
 And not a gentle word is spoken
 O I'll never understand
 It's in the darkness of believing
 It's in the shadows where we have to stand
 Beside the loving and the grieving
 O I'll never understand
 Holding back to listen to the ocean
 Holding back to dance inside the storm
 I may be foolish but I don't care
 As long as you are there