THE EDGE

YOU'LL BE THERE WHEN I NEED YOU MOST

HOLD MY HAND AS MY BREATHING SLOWS

WILL YOU WALK ME TO THE EDGE AGAIN MY FRIEND

WHEN THE TIME HAS COME FOR MY FINAL BREATH

WILL YOU HOLD MY HAND

WILL YOU LEAD ME THERE

WILL YOU WALK ME TO THE EDGE AGAIN MY FRIEND

I'VE SEEN WAY MORE THAN YOU KNOW

I'VE SEEN SOME FRIENDS TURN TO FOE

I'VE SEEN SOME BLOSSOMS REGROWN

I'VE SEEN SOME MOMENTS BE FROZE

I'VE SEEN TOO MANY LET GO

I'VE SEEN ANGELS SELL THEIR SOULS

I'VE SEEN DEMONS BE EXPOSED

I'VE SEEN THE HIGHEST OF LOWS

I'VE SEEN SOME FAITH WITHOUT HOPE

I'VE SEEN SOME FLAMES WITHOUT SMOKE

I'VE SEEN SOME STRING MADE TO ROPE

I'VE SEEN SOME STRUGGLING TO COPE

I'VE SEEN SOME FUTURES SET IN STONE

I'VE SEEN SOME STONES START TO CORRODE

I'VE SEEN SOME ROYALS FALL FROM THRONES

I'VE SEEN THE LIES IN WHAT THEY SHOW

I'VE SEEN THE TRUTH IN WHAT THEY DON'T

I'VE SEEN THOSE WORDS THAT YOU WROTE

I'VE SEEN THE BLUEPRINTS TO ROME

I'VE SEEN A FEW THINGS AND I KNOW

YOU'LL BE THERE WHEN I NEED YOU MOST

HOLD MY HAND AS MY BREATHING SLOWS

WHEN THE TIME HAS COME FOR MY FINAL BREATH

WILL YOU HOLD MY HAND

WILL YOU LEAD ME THERE

WILL YOU WALK ME TO THE EDGE AGAIN MY FRIEND

NOW THAT I NEED YOU WILL YOU STAND BY ME

AT THIS POINT OF VIEW

MAYBE THE LAST I'LL SEE

WOULD YOU WATCH ME FALL TO RISE AGAIN

MY FRIEND

I SEE MY GHOST IN YOUR EYES

SHALLOW AND COLD I KNOW WHY

I SEE MY GHOST IN YOUR EYES

I KNOW THEM FROM THE OTHERSIDE

I LOST MYSELF OVER TIME

THIS WASN'T JUST OVERNIGHT

I LOST CONTROL OF MY LIFE

WHEN I CHOSE TO PUSH THIS ASIDE

BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS A VOICE

IN THE BACK OF MY MIND

IT WHISPERED PROMISES OF JOYS

IN EVERYTHING THAT I COULD FIND

IT MADE IT CLEAR THIS WAS A CHOICE

THAT COULD ONLY BE MINE

AND IF I WANTED TO MAKE NOISE

I SHOULD JUST FOLLOW IT BLIND

AFTER ALL I AM YOUR GHOST AND YOU ARE MINE

A PAIR SO DEEPLY INTERTWINED

THAT IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE

I'LL MAKE IT DEAD OR ALIVE

I'LL TAKE THAT STEP OUT OF LINE

FALL FROM THE EDGE AND SURVIVE

YOU WON'T FORGET ME THIS TIME

YOU SAID YOU MEANT IT BUT I'VE

BEEN SECOND GUESSING YOUR LIES

DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH OR YOU'LL FIND

THAT YOU'LL BE NEXT LEFT BEHIND

YOU'LL BE THERE WHEN I NEED YOU MOST

HOLD MY HAND AS MY BREATHING SLOWS

WHEN THE TIME HAS COME FOR MY FINAL BREATH

WILL YOU HOLD MY HAND

WILL YOU LEAD ME THERE

WILL YOU WALK ME TO THE EDGE AGAIN MY FRIEND

NOW THAT I NEED YOU WILL YOU STAND BY ME

AT THIS POINT OF VIEW

MAYBE THE LAST I'LL SEE

WOULD YOU WATCH ME FALL TO RISE AGAIN

MY FRIEND

YOU'LL BE THERE WHEN I NEED YOU MOST

HOLD MY HAND AS MY BREATHING SLOWS

WILL YOU WALK ME TO THE EDGE AGAIN MY FRIEND