Joy Stops Time

"An idle hope is just a light inside the chandler's factory And so we fought their dreams with ours and lit a fire in our lives" I watched you walk into the sea You promised you'd come back to me You looked back, I heard your voice "Don't let them break you down now Joyce" They filled the skies with dollar signs Disguised as angels singing lies "Don't throw away your life," they said We knew exactly what they meant The first thing that they do is break Your heart and sell it back to you You're so afraid, and so you pay And every day is yesterday But love will make you feel alive Remember what you have inside Never sink, and never hide They tried to break our dream but child Joy stops time You had a thistle in your hair The meadow waved, so sweet the air There was a rush, it came so clear The world was still, our hearts were bare We were saved, I'm not afraid What if tomorrow never came? They lit their tanks, they stole the world They found us hid in morning's curl So I held you, you could be held again So I saw you, you would be seen again So I knew you, you can be known again So loved you, you will be loved again You couldn't sit there all alone Afraid like all the rest who won't Do nothing with their lives but hope That things would ever change, you know You took my clothes, you held my mind You broke the mask I hid behind For all the walls built up inside There was a door left open wide Tomorrow lives inside your dreams When you remember how to feel Once I had a dream you see But things aren't always what they seem They told us we were out of time, it was a lie, it was a lie "Look me in my shining eye, I'll never be like you!", I cried I want to feel your wind in mine, I want to touch the infinite I want a life that I can taste, so put your arms around my waist Take the needle, push it in, let's stay inside the dream we're in When You come to find me I'll be where the flowers bloom and sing Joy stops time Joy Stops Time Love When You Reach Out For My Hand And Pull Me Close