Oxygen-Simon Joyner

[ti:Oxygen] [ar:Simon Joyner] [al:Songs For The New Year] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Oxygen - Simon Joyner [00:09.66]I burned all the love letters [00:12.78] [00:13.28]I had ever received [00:16.17] [00:19.22]And I took the hot ashes and [00:21.98]Laid them at the cold queen's feet [00:25.61] [00:28.83]But she didn't shed a tear at all [00:33.14]She just gave the order to raise a wall [00:38.11]To keep the lovers out and the others in [00:43.70] [00:45.88]Then I was free to leave [00:48.49] [00:56.81]Well I thought it was safe to [00:58.93]Turn around rest and relax [01:03.27] [01:06.29]What with all those familiar [01:08.61]Faces piled up in the past [01:12.40] [01:15.70]But with a trail so scorched [01:18.02]And torn and poorly patched [01:22.11] [01:25.00]There are holes that pull [01:27.51]The precious into a collapse [01:31.70] [01:33.07]If you stop to blink [01:36.06] [01:38.29]So don't be surprised [01:42.69]If your memory dies [01:46.24] [01:47.54]And your will simply fades [01:51.06] [01:52.30]Like a marching parade [01:55.05] [01:56.83]Dwindling down a dark street [02:02.09]Heart skip a beat [02:04.77] [02:06.42]Or did time pass you by [02:09.43] [02:11.27]While you were wiping [02:12.43]The sand [02:14.03] [02:17.13]From your eye [02:19.33] [02:26.66]Thats I thought you were going to [02:28.62]Follow me through these lonesome valleys [02:33.60] [02:36.72]Now I'm facing scraping [02:38.98]This stone wall all [02:41.35]Alone [02:42.34] [02:45.98]All the ghosts who once pursued me [02:50.92]And routinely abused me [02:55.51]They're no longer enthused enough [02:59.13]To do me any wrong [03:01.41] [03:04.63]So it goes [03:06.72] [03:14.57]I ran across a stranger [03:16.67]Who said he knew me when [03:20.58] [03:23.85]He said [03:24.90]Last I heard you [03:26.22]Were in need of some oxygen [03:29.88] [03:33.00]So tell me how can you hear [03:35.70]The phone to say [03:37.92]That there ain't nobody home today [03:42.59]When you're drifting along [03:45.06]The bottom [03:46.23] [03:46.88]Of the ocean [03:48.68] [03:49.54]I said I'm afraid we've never met [03:52.97] [03:55.10]He said don't be surprised [03:59.42] [04:00.07]If your memory dies [04:02.92] [04:05.09]And your will simply fades [04:08.03] [04:09.69]Like a marching parade [04:12.45] [04:14.12]Dwindling down a dark street [04:19.27]Heart skip a beat [04:21.82] [04:23.58]Or did time pass you by [04:26.56] [04:28.47]While you were wiping a tear [04:31.31] [04:33.59]From your eye