Passing Stranger-Ian Matthews

[ti:Passing Stranger] [ar:Ian Matthews] [al:Essential Songs: Spring Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.86]Passing Stranger - Ian Matthews [00:01.89]Written by：Matthews Scott [00:03.07] [00:13.57]See the sign up ahead it calls out your name [00:16.52]It's a meaningful sign but it makes no sense [00:19.86] [00:25.28]They saw you pass on through with only one shoe [00:28.38]And a mystified mind with an angel for a guide [00:32.12] [00:37.01]There's a destiny song that's meant for me [00:40.09]But I'm weary of the soles of my innocent feet [00:42.82] [00:48.81]Like a single site you know it's all you've got [00:51.78]So be sure to aim true with your eyes on full view [00:55.19] [00:59.76]There's nobody you can accuse [01:01.56] [01:02.68]The mirror reflects upon truth and from inside I feel bruised [01:07.03] [01:11.57]The mask that I wear is unsure [01:13.31] [01:14.38]Unable to find a known cure so I hide forevermore [01:18.65] [01:30.13]I was passing stranger with a name I can't remember [01:33.22]I am going blind from the dust in my eyes [01:35.96] [01:41.87]But the ground back home seems so far away [01:44.79]And I'm coughing up my lungs but I know I've gotta stay [01:48.14] [01:52.83]I'm moving slow with nowhere to go [01:56.62]I stumble on a sign 'One Mile To Dine' [01:59.90] [02:05.44]It takes a little time and I'm barely alive [02:08.44]But I make it nonetheless with a shortage of breath [02:11.37] [02:16.29]The coffee you poured me is cold [02:18.25] [02:19.02]The paper I'm reading is old [02:20.95] [02:22.06]And that smile is not your own [02:23.65] [02:28.13]The clothes that I wear are soaked through [02:29.89] [02:30.87]I'm all out of luck for you [02:32.65] [02:33.66]And there's a million things I can't do [02:35.62] [02:38.12]Can't do I can't do [02:40.96] [02:46.67]Something strangely familiar about the way I am [02:49.62]I'm sitting next to the man with the unsteady hands [02:52.58] [02:58.51]He says how are you son where you been all week [03:01.56]I recognize his voice even in my sleep [03:03.86] [03:09.92]Lord only knows what I got up to [03:13.12]Maybe it's best for me if I just found my shoes [03:16.20] [03:22.01]And confirm my suspicions for heaven's sake [03:24.91]And pick up my trail from my front gate [03:27.80] [03:32.46]There's nobody you can accuse [03:34.24] [03:35.47]The mirror portrays a bold truth [03:37.52] [03:38.26]And from inside it's what you do [03:40.24] [03:44.05]Start digging around and you'll find [03:46.35] [03:47.54]Missing for years your own life [03:49.55] [03:50.20]You're better off trying not to hide [03:52.03] [03:55.33]Not to hide trying not to hide