I used to ride up on the hill 

And look down at the darkened 

Silhouettes of tall black windowsills 

And my heart jumped every ledge 

Until one bright morning when I woke 

I heard bells, girl she gently spoke and said 

'Choice my man's to breath or choke 

So go die, or learn to hope' 

Get back on your way at the end of the day 

Under the fire and the rain 

The whole big bloody parade until that 

That feeling, feeling's gone 

You wake up on your own 

Sometimes walls come caving in 

Sometimes the world just hits your chin 

And sometimes shadows haunt your back 

And sometimes I feel so flat 

Then like some rare eagle on the wind 

Well it turns and life comes bursting in 

And the earth you thought would beat you down 

Lifts up and lights your ground 

Get back on your way at the end of the day 

Under the fire and the rain 

The whole big bloody parade until that 

That feeling, feeling's gone 

You wake up on your own 

Lifts up and sends you homeward bound 

Lifts up and then you're found again 

Lifts up and turns your world around 

still scarred of love lived on the ledge 

And the Earth you thought would eat you up 

Well it lifts you high and fills your cup carries 

And right then I learnt to hope

the point of hope

I knew the way ahead to go 

lifts up and clears your hallowed ground 

So scared that love lived on the edge

Scared of love lived on the ledge

Like love lived on the ledge 

As if my love required a ledge 



bring you down 

Lifts up, your heart just leaves the ground 

and how you love your ground

high above the ground 



and the earth you thought would end your song 'song' 

lifts up and now ... the feeling's gone feelings gone 



And you wonder how on Earth you 

When you're high