Fountain of Sorrow - 2014 Remaster

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Looking through some photographs, I found inside a drawer
 I was taken by a photograph of you
 There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more
 But they didn't show your spirit quite as true
 You were turning around to see who was behind you
 And I took your childish laughter by surprise
 And at the moment that my camera happened to find you
 There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes
 Now, the things that I remember seem so distant, so small
 Though it hasn't really been that long a time
 What I was seeing wasn't what was happening at all
 Although for a while our path did seem to climb
 When you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger
 And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool
 So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger
 While the loneliness seems to spring from your life
 Like a fountain from a pool
 Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
 You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
 You've had to hide sometimes, but now you're all right
 And it's good to see your smiling face tonight
 ♪
 Now, for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams
 But that magic feeling never seems to last
 And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it seems
 It would be easier sometimes to change the past
 I'm just one or two years and a couple of changes behind you
 In my lessons at love's pain and heartache school
 Where if you feel too free, and you need something to remind you
 There's this loneliness springing up from your life
 Like a fountain from a pool
 Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
 You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
 You've had to hide sometimes, but now you're all right
 And it's good to see your smiling face tonight
 ♪
 Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
 You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
 You've had to struggle, you've had to fight
 To keep understanding and compassion in sight (ahh-ah-ah-ah)
 You could be laughing at me, you've got the right (ahh-ah-ah-ah)
 But you go on smiling so clear and so bright (ahh-ah-ah-ah)
 

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Duration
06:52
Key
5
Tempo
126 BPM

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