Emerson Lake & Palmer - Closer To Believing lyrics

I am closer to believing<br>Than I ever was before<br>On the crest of this elation<br>Must I crash upon the shore<br>And with the driftwood of acquaintance<br>Light the fire to love once more<br>I am wind blown...i am times.<br><br>To be closer to believing<br>To be just a breath away<br>On the death of inspiration<br>I would buy back yesterday<br>But there's no crueller illusion<br>There's no sharper coin to pay<br>As I reach out... it slips away<br><br>From the opium of custom<br>To the ledges of extremes<br>Don't believe it till you've held it<br>Life is seldom what it seems<br>But lay your heart upon the table<br>And in the shuffling of dreams<br>Remember who on earth you are<br><br>I need me<br>You need you<br>We want us<br><br>But of course you know I love you<br>Or what else am I here for<br>Only you not face to face<br>But side by side for evermore<br>And I need to be here with you<br>For without you what am i<br>Just another fool out searching<br>For some heaven in the sky<br>Take me closer to believing<br>Take me forward lead me on<br>Through collision and confusion<br>While there's life beneath the sun<br>You are the reason I continue<br>So near for so long<br>So close yet so far away<br><br>I need me<br>You need you<br>We want us to live forever<br>So don't let the curtain fall<br>Measure after measure<br>Of writing on the wall<br>That burns so brightly<br>It blinds us all<br><br>I need me<br>You need you<br>We want us to be together<br>On sundays in the rain<br>Closer than forever<br>Against or with the grain<br>To ride the storms of love again<br><br>So be closer to believing<br>Though your world is torn apart<br>For a moment changes all things<br>And to end is but to start<br>And if your journey's unrewarded<br>May your God lift up your heart<br>You are windblown<br>But you are mine