Wonderful Remark Lyrics

How can you stand the silence 
That pervades when we all cry 
How can you watch the violence
That erupts before your eyes 
You can't even grab a hold on
When we're hanging oh so loose 
You don't even listen to us 
When we talk it ain't no use 

Leave your thoughtlessness behind you 
Then you may begin to understand
Clear the emptiness around you 
With the waving of your hand 

That was a wonderful remark
I had my eyes closed in the dark 
I sighed a million sighs
I told a million lies to myself, to myself 
Ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh 

Now, how can we listen to you 
When we know that your talk is cheap
How can we never question 
Why we give more and you keep 

How can your empty laughter 
Fill a room like ours with joy
When you're only playing with us 
Like a child does with a toy 

How can we ever feel the freedom 
Or the flame lit by the spark
How can we ever come out even 
When reality is stark 

That was a wonderful remark 
I had my eyes closed in the dark
I sighed a million sighs 
I told a million lies to myself, to myself
Ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh 

Listen, how can you tell us something 
Just to keep us hanging on, yeah
Something that just don't mean nothin' 
When we see you, you are gone 

Clinging to some other rainbow
While we're standing waiting outside in the cold
Telling us the same sad story
Knowing time is growing old 

Touch your world up with some colour
Dream you're swinging on a star
Taste it first then add some flavour
Now you know just who you are 

That was a wonderful remark
I had my eyes closed in the dark
I sighed a million sighs, oh yeah
I told a million lies to myself, oh yeah, to myself
Ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh
Ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh 

Wonderful remark
And that... 

That was a wonderful remark, yes it was, right on
I had my eyes closed in the dark, right on
I sighed a million sighs
I told a million lies to myself, alright, to myself
Ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh 

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Right on, right on
Oh, oh, oh, oh, cut loose
Cut loose, cut loose
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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