Someone Else?

Album: Promised Land (1994)
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  • When I fell from grace
    I never realized
    How deep the flood was around me.
    A man whose life was toil
    Was like a kettle left to boil,
    And the water left scars on me.

    I know now who I am.
    If only for a while,
    I recognize the changes.
    I feel like I did before the
    Magic wore thin and the "baptism
    Of stains" began.

    They used to say I was
    Nowhere, man,
    Heading down
    Was my destiny.
    But yesterday, I swear,
    That was someone else not me.

    Here I stand at the crossroads edge,
    Afraid to reach out for eternity,
    One step, when I look down,
    I see someone else not me.

    Looking back and I see
    Someone else.

    All my life they said I
    Was going down,
    But I'm still standing,
    Stronger, proud.
    And today I know there's
    So much more I can be.

    From where I stand at the crossroads edge,
    There's a path leading out to sea.
    And from somewhere
    Deep in my mind,
    Sirens sing out loud
    Songs of doubt
    As only they know how.
    But one glance back reminds, and I see,
    Someone else not me.

    I keep looking back
    At someone else, me? Writer/s: JOHN DANIEL TATE, NICK BARKER, TOM DE LUCA
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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