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With All The World A-Watching
With All The World A-Watching
(For all the casualties of the Marathon)
With all the world a-watching – how can I give up now? So many people round me – yet I'm all alone somehow. For oh so long I've trained and run and kept myself in trim – There's oh so much at stake here – I can't give in to whim.
The start is like the ones before and so, too, is the weather - Before I know what I am doing – I'm going hell for leather. I get straight into my rhythm – give it just a wee bit more – Just so I can get my time that bit better than before.
But then this pain across my chest tries to slow me down – It is as if a giant vice on me is tightening all around. It's made me weak and short of breath – it's shooting down my arm – I wish that it would go away – it means to do me harm.
Now I'm dizzy and my legs refuse to heed my brain – And the vice is crushing all my chest –I've never known such pain. My memories swirl back in time to all I've not yet done – Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com They spin around the ones I love and the things I've never won.
They hint at times when I awoke a-tingling in my arm – And the pain I never spoke about I knew could do me harm. Now my legs are failing – vague faces ask of me – If I'm all right – but already I'm becoming light and free.
With all the world a-watching - how can I give up now? So many people round me – yet I'm all alone somehow. But something strange is happening – I'm lighter than before – The fight now seems so lost that I'm not fighting anymore.
I feel that I am leaving this old body far behind – It feels like I don't need it now and never did at anytime. The people standing round me look shocked and sorry now – I wish that I could tell them that it's all alright somehow.
But all that I can do now - is watch them stand and gaze – As they live out their time now and treasure all their days. With all the world a-watching I'll give up slowly now – For all the people round me – life will still go on somehow…
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