[Verse 1]
Looking outside at the town passing by
Helmut’s photographs shine from a book
Josephine on the wall, satin nights in the hall
And fifty years later I’m hooked
It’s the power of two when the conquest was new
Babylone in the first act of love
It’s the romance of spring, it’s the king and his king
It’s the promise to never give up
[Chorus]
Is it madness or genius we take to the grave?
Does the world know the first from the last?
I say beauty is real, it’s a force I can feel
Not just something that diеd with the past
[Post-Chorus]
It leaves us brеathless with relief
Beyond this prison of belief
[Verse 2]
Let me preach from a church built with my poor hands
Rustic chandeliers, beechwood boards
All your diamonds and rings, man they don’t mean a thing
Here’s a paradise floating on words
But you gave me a shelter, you gave me a room
You gave me the fire to start
As our branches they toil through this tough southern soil
May they grow together not apart
[Chorus]
Is it madness or genius we take to the grave?
Does the world know the first from the last?
I say beauty is real, it’s a force I can feel
Not just something that died with the past
Can you tell me a story where love gets the glory
And providence wins in the end?
I will paint you a day not so far away
Where the laughter runs rich once again
[Post-Chorus]
It leaves us breathless with relief
Beyond this prison of belief
(Belief)
(Belief)
[Verse 3]
Looking outside at the town passing by
I’m feeling the charge in my blood
I don’t hate you, I love you, I want us to run through
This moment and never give up
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