Emerson, Lake & Palmer Closer to Believing

I am closer to believing
Than I ever was before.
On the crest of this elation
Must I crash upon the shore,
And with the driftwood of acquaintance
Light the fires to love once more.
I am windblown.
I am times.

To be closer to believing,
To be just a breath away.
On the death of inspiration
I would buy back yesterday.
But there's no crueler illusion,
There's no sharper coin to pay.
As I reachout,
It slips away.

From the opium of custom
To the ledges of extremes
Don't believe it till you've held it.
Life is seldom what it seems.
But lay your heart upon the table
And in the shuffling of dreams,
Remember who on earth you are.

I need me.
You need you.
We want us.

But of course you know I love you,
Or what else I am here for?
Only you, not face to face,
But side by side forevermore.
And I need to be here with you,
For without you what am I?
Just another fool out searching
For some heaven in the sky.
Take me closer to beliving,
Take me forward, lead me on
Through collision and confusion
While there's life beneath the sun.
You are the reason I continue
So near for so long,
So close, yet so far away.

I need me.
You need you.
We want us to live forever.
Don't let the curtain fall.
Measure after measure
Of writing on the wall
That burns so brightly it blinds us all.

I need me.
You need you.
We want us to be together
On Sundays in the rain.
Closer than forever,
Against or with the grain,
To ride the storms of love again.

So be closer to believing
Though your world is torn apart,
For a moment changes all things,
And to end is but to start.
And if your journey's unrewarded
May your God lift up your heart.
You are windblown,
But you are mine.