from "Coming Up For Air", 1996, Intersound Music Inc.





There's a dark wind out of the desert tonight

And sometimes...she has your name

Like a lover burned, like a deal gone bad

And nothing...will ever be the same...



(CHORUS:)

In a heartbeat

...everything changes

In a heartbeat

...no one is there

In a heartbeat

...all you can do is try

coming up for air...



Well you've fought before, but it's not like this

Cause this time...you lose and you're gone

Down the dark refrain of the devil's kiss

There's nothing to do...but soldier on...





(CHORUS)



BRIDGE:

And you find you're

removed standing outside

looking in as the time starts

to crawl

Over faces and places and

lovers and friends

that spin through the

darkness you fall

As you ricochet now from

composure to tears

you wonder if maybe that's all



all the time that you get

No more hedging your bets...



(CHORUS)







--words & music by Michael Stanley