Seventeen Seconds

It's not a case of doing what's right

It's just the way I feel that matters

Tell me I'm wrong

I don't really care



It's not a case of share and share alike

I take what I require

I don't understand ...

You say it's not fair



You expect me to act

Like a lover

Consider my moves

And deserve the reward

To hold you in my arms

And wait

And wait

And wait

For something to happen



It's not a case of telling the truth

Some lines just fit the situation

Call me a liar

You would anyway



It's not a case of aiming to please

You know you're always crying

It's just your part

In the play for today

I play at night in your house

I live another life

Pretending to swim

In your house

I change the time in your house

The hours I take

Go so slow ...



I hear no sound in your house

Silence

In the empty rooms

I drown at night in your house

Pretending to swim

scream

Come closer and see

See into the trees

Find the girl

If you can

Come closer and see

See into the dark

Just follow your eyes

Just follow your eyes



I hear her voice

Calling my name

The sound is deep

In the dark

I hear her voice

And start to run

Into the trees

Into the trees



Into the trees



Suddenly I stop

But I know it's too late

I'm lost in a forest

All alone

The girl was never there

It's always the same

I'm running towards nothing

Again and again and again and again

Hello image

Sing me a line from your favourite song

Twist and turn

But you're trapped in the light

All the directions were wrong



You'll fall in love with somebody else

Tonight



Help yourself

But tell me the words

Before you fade away

You reveal all the secrets

To remember the end

And escape someday



You'll fall in love with somebody else

Again tonight



Take a step

You move in time

But it's always back ...

The reasons are clear

Your face is drawn

And ready for the next attack

Sunk deep in the night

I sink in the night

Standing alone underneath the sky

I feel the chill of ice

On my face

I watch the hours go by

The hours go by



You sleep

Sleep in a safe bed

Curled and protected

Protected from sight

Under a safe roof

Deep in your house

Unaware of the changes at night



At night

I hear the darkness breathe

I sense the quiet despair

Listen to the silence

At night

Someone has to be there

Someone has to be there



Someone must be there

Time slips away

And the light begins to fade

And everything is quiet now

Feeling is gone

And the picture disappears

And everything is cold now

The dream had to end

The wish never came true

And the girl

Starts to sing



Seventeen seconds

A measure of life