Where The Streets Have No Name

Photo: Simon Bayliss / Source: The Age

There was a time as a little boy
When I said I'd follow you
But the years have caused the flame
To burn much stronger now

And I'm not burning down any of my bridges
But I'm burning up inside
To flee from my religion and love my neighbour more

There were times in my barrenness
When I felt your pure affection

But what can I do with my obsession?
With the things I cannot see
Is there madness in my being?
Is it wind that blows the trees?

Sometimes you're further than the moon
Sometimes you're closer than my skin
And you surround me like a winter fog
You've come and burned me with a kiss

And my heart burns for you
And my heart burns
You burn me deeper than I know

In a church by the face
He talks about the people going under
I see you my friend and touch your face again
Miracles will happen as we trip

But we're never gonna survive unless
We get a little crazy
No, we're never gonna survive unless
We are a little crazy.

How high a mountain must I climb
To reach for air
To breath the air so clear so pure
Could blow my mind

In my mind there is a place
For everyone, for every taste
But in this life reality can shoot you dead
For the colour of your face

We can’t change the fact
We are born to die
We can’t all profess to know how or why
But keep on reaching don’t stop trying

Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile.
The precious moments are all lost in the tide.
They're swept away and nothing is what is seems,
The feeling of belonging to your dreams.

Listen to your heart
When he's calling for you.
Listen to your heart
There's nothing else you can do.

I don't know where you're going
And I don't know why,
But listen to your heart
Before you tell him goodbye.

So, is it getting better
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now
You got someone to blame?

Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head?

You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law

You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should

I have climbed the highest mountain
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you

I have run, I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you

I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like a fire
This burning desire

I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone

I believe in the kingdom come
Then all the colours will bleed into one
Bleed into one
Well, yes, I'm still running

You broke the bonds
And you loosed the chains
Carried the cross
And all my shame
All my shame
You know I believe it

Because I want to run
I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls
That hold me inside

I want to reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name

I want to feel sunlight on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear
Without a trace
I want to take shelter from the poison rain

Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name

(Lyrics - Delirious, Seal, Roxette, Jimmy Somerville, U2)

"He'll be your shelter from the storm." Psalms 55:8