A Floating Life-Level 42

[ti:A Floating Life (Live)] [ar:Level 42] [al:Best in Live: Level 42] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Floating Life - Level 42 [00:45.31]In your hands there's a photograph [00:48.57]You look up she begins to laugh [00:51.97]So cold as she walks away [00:55.60]And you know that it's time to pay [00:59.33]You're caught in a web you spun yourself [01:02.63]Face to face with your failure this very day [01:05.46] [01:06.36]You call out her name you can't help yourself [01:09.74]But you need love like [01:10.82]You need a kick in the head [01:13.35]You worked hard for the things you own [01:16.78]Fancy cars and a country home [01:20.10]Gave it all for a glittering prize [01:22.81] [01:23.58]To be a face people recognise [01:27.11]On the walls of your home [01:28.95]There are works of art [01:30.31]But you stare at the picture on the floor [01:34.06]The face of a man with an aching heart [01:37.59]It's no fun to be famous anymore [01:41.04]You said [01:42.58] [01:43.87]This is a sad day [01:44.88] [01:47.36]And I would gladly give it all away [01:50.63] [01:52.58]In exchange [01:54.52]For a floating life [01:58.20] [02:09.25]Shed your tears for a shallow dream [02:12.64]Let your cry be a primal scream [02:16.38]A song through the mists of time [02:19.83]A serenade to your concubine [02:23.22]You were wrong to believe [02:25.11]She could set you free [02:26.67]You're trapped by the trappings of success [02:29.33] [02:30.18]And you know the shell never let you be [02:33.41]Till the world knows the secrets you confessed [02:36.48]You said [02:38.80] [02:39.95]I see her cruel face [02:42.67] [02:43.28]My heart is nothing but an empty space [02:47.62] [02:53.96]And on this sad day [02:57.66]I would gladly give it all away [03:02.69]In exchange [03:04.71]For a floating life [03:08.49] [03:13.87]Neither asleep nor awake [03:17.42]Losing control you start to shake [03:20.18] [03:20.86]As the day begins to break [03:25.60] [03:27.89]They're gonna shoot you down in flames [03:31.39]When that girl starts naming names [03:34.68]There's nowhere to hide from your shame [03:39.32] [04:35.56]I see her cruel face [04:38.31] [04:38.96]My heart is nothing but an empty space [04:42.83] [04:49.56]And on this sad day [04:51.91] [04:53.44]I would gladly give it all away [04:58.16]In exchange [04:59.08]For a floating life