Magnolia Songtext
von Benchmarks

Now I drag this racing river towards a sea that′s never full
Baptized in a belief that I might be satisfied
At once a vision comes to me outside the forest and the trees
A magnolia set apart from the pines


What if this race towards the horizon
Where I'm trying to catch the sun
Is really just a hope to outrun it behind me?
And this perception in my mind that I have anything to prove
Is as fleeting as the falling of the leaves
And the leaves, they fall
And I keep running

What if I choose to hitch the horses, pull my name and cash my chips?
Would you still regard me in your favor?
′Cause I've been living in the lie that I could be so satisfied
By singing not for love, but for labor

I haven't slept on a Sunday night since I was sixteen years old
And now I crave the silence of a willing surrender
And let go this narcissistic notion, oh, to live fast and die young
When life has become a much more thrilling adventure