One Man's Fool

Album: Calling All Stations (1997)
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  • As the buildings crumble, tumble to the ground
    And the dust-filled smoke rises in the air
    You know that somebody, somewhere
    Looks with pride, they're satisfied

    To all who think they know
    To everyone that knows that they're right
    D'you ever wonder why?
    D'you never ask the question
    Even in the depths of night?

    Now, as the daylight fading ends another day
    For too many life will never be the same
    And it is all for the reason
    They will never understand

    To all who think they know
    To everyone that knows that they're right
    D'you ever wonder why?
    D'you never ask the question
    Even in the depths of night?

    And on the morning after, do you realize?
    See the ruined faces and the ruined lives
    Inside your head, do you never
    Have the thought a moment of doubt?

    To all who think they know
    To everyone that knows that they're right
    D'you ever wonder why?
    D'you never ask the question
    Even in the depths of night?

    There are only dreams, one like any other
    What means the earth to one or few
    Means nothing to another

    There are only dreams like any other
    Drawing lines upon the sand
    On the land, on the sea
    Then dying to defend them
    Seems quite meaningless to me

    But don't you know what means
    The earth to some or only one
    Can mean just nothing
    Nothing, nothing to another

    There are only dreams like any other
    There are only differences
    Worth living but not dying for

    One man's joy makes another man weep
    Nothing you can do is ever gonna change it
    One man's saint is another man's fool
    One man's hot is another man's cool

    And when the war is over, won
    Will there be peace forevermore?

    Statues carved right out of stone
    Out of wood, made from gold
    Praying for their mercy
    That won't save their souls

    But don't you know what means
    The earth to some or only one
    Can mean just nothing
    Nothing, nothing to another

    There are only dreams like any other
    There are only hopes
    And beliefs one like any other

    There are only dreams like any other
    (Worth living but not dying for)
    Living but not dying for, not killing for
    There are only dreams like any other
    (Like any other)

    To all of those
    Who think that they know
    All I can say
    Yes, all I can say

    One man's joy makes another man weep
    Nothing you can do is ever gonna change it
    One man's saint is another man's fool
    One man's hot is another man's cool

    There are only dreams like any other
    There are only hopes
    And beliefs, one like any other
    There are only dreams like any other Writer/s: MICHAEL RUTHERFORD, TONY BANKS
    Publisher: EMI Music Publishing, IMAGEM U.S. LLC
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Comments: 1

  • Jobergfreund from Germanyoh, I wish this kind of song was history one day. It becomes actual again and again.
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