From the recording Inside Fire
In A Blink of An Eye
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Shondra Music
Lyrics
BLINK OF AN EYE
©2012 Shondra Music All Rights Reserved
VERSE:
THE MIRROR HAS SHATTERED
WITH THE IMAGE I HAD OF YOU
AND THE SHAMING DESPAIR
OF BEING SO UNAWARE
OF THE LIES BOUGHT WERE TRUE
HOW COULD ALL I HAVE HELD SO DEAR
IN SECONDS DISAPPEAR
ISN’T LIFE LIKE THAT 0 WE CAN ONLY RELY ON CHANGE
CHORUS:
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE - SO RIGHT
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE - SO WRONG
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE - SO HERE AND THEN GONE
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE - A GOD
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE - A FRAUD
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE - YOU AND I - FOREVER GONE
VERSE:
I’M CLENCHED TO THE RAILING
TWIRLING ROUND AND ROUND
THIS MESSY ORDEAL
LEAVES ME NUMB TO A CHILL
WATCHING DREAMS DASH TO THE GROUND
AND ALL THE SHOCK AND REMORSE
ARE TAKING THEIR EVERY COURSE
SO DON’T EVEN TRY TO JUSTIFY WHAT YOU DID
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
SO LET ME BATHE IN THE RIVER
TO RESTORE MY FORGIVING
SHED THE SKIN OF ANGER
BREATHE IN THE LOVE OF LIVING
THERE’S MORE IN THE WONDER
THAN THERE EVER WAS IN THE WHY
LET ME SEE MUCH CLEARER
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
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