Stranger

lyrics by David Hammes

Ten thousand bricks and a broken sidewalk,
Groomed and well dusted, a rusted ghost town;
There's no one around.
When everyone's gone and no one's watching
I sit by myself and cut all the heart strings
And with the freedom an empty day brings,
I fall...and never make a sound.


I'm slowly drifting out of focus
With no more rationale to hold me down;
But the clarity's profound.
Corner to corner, steel and wood;
I'm running faster than I think I should
But the feeling's just too good
To put my feet back on the ground.


I know you think I've gone too far
And tied my hands to the wheel of a spinning car
I'm on my way to a stranger star
And I think you know that chances are
I won't be coming back to you
I've just got too many things to do...


Open the door, come on in,
There's something more...to say;
And don't be scared, close your eyes
It'll be okay...today.
I just got distracted
Too many ways to the flame attracted
But I've seen stranger days


The world turns over in its sleep
As all the people try to keep the time
And all the things you think you know
Are nothing to the seed that grows
Beneath the falling sands,
I'm a stranger in a vastly stranger land.

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