Never in Your Hands Songtext
von Arch / Matheos

Dancing in the still of winter
A make-believe reason
Writes upon her dead heart′s carousel of dire used sorrows
And it seems the string worn out of her yesterday is slipping away
The allure of all that shimmers on sparks the tinder's dying flame

Her faded breath obscures the view through windows to a garden
Being tended to by sparrows perched upon the wither
Pleading with the rain gods to come wash her sins away
She thought she′d never make it back again, this storm is dying
And if you find that songbird in your halls and strangely silent
The sum of all you'll ever be means I was never in your hands
It was never in your hands


There's a tattooed man with a guitar in his hand
That gently weeps from his dying soul
Drifters pay no mind and pass by like shadows of their crows
Missionary sanctuary
Testifies with borrowed words, singing haunted melodies
But no one′s listening anymore
This crow knows when to fly away from places nothing ever grows
In his dreams awaits the lady of the sparrow

Losing your way home, the quicksand, it pulls you under
You thought you′d never make it back again, here you stand to wonder
And if you find that songbird in your halls and strangely silent
The sum of all you'll ever be was never in your hands

Tell me why must you bring what I can′t bear
What I can't hold, what I can′t carry?
Why should I bow before a man with his blood on my hands?
We are what we are, what we always were, what we will always be
Beyond what we hold in our hands is just endless surrender


As I close my eyes, I fade away
I hear voices say remnants of yesterday
Hope fades away
When the darkness comes in the light of day
AndAs I lay me down, I fade away
How we learn to trust, how we learn, trust betrays
I fade away
As they open my eyes, I look away
How we learn and live, sometimes our love can stray
Blue turns to gray
As I close my eyes, I can hear the rain
All the things they say, heavy your words can weigh
I fade away
And how soon we forget our blessed lives we're given
And how then we regret the lives we′re living
The sins of those before you winds of change
The breath of another
Waves of new instilled waters
In your hand, sometimes or never
And if you find that summer in your heart
The life worth rapture
And the sum of all our new years
All was never in your hands
Never in your hands, my friend
It was never ever in your hands