i'm coming home with a stone

strapped onto my back

i'm coming home with a burning hope

turning all my blues to black

i'm looking for a sacred hand

to carve into my stone

a ghost of comfort

angels breath

to keep this life inside my chest



this world falls on me

hopes of immortality

everywhere i turn

all the beauty just keeps shaking me



now i woke up in the middle of a dream

scared the world was too much for me

sejarez said, "don't let go

just plant the seeds and watch them grow"

i've slept in rainy canyon lands

cold drenched to my skin

i always wake to find a face

to calm these troubled lands



ah this world falls on me

with dreams of immortality

everywhere i turn

all the beauty just keeps shaking me



now i'm running

to the end of the earth

and i'm swimming

to the edge of the sea

and i'm laughing

i'm under a starry sky

this world was meant for me

don't bury me

carry me



i wish i was a nomad

an indian or a saint

the edge of death would disappear

leave me nothing left to taint

i wish i was a nomad

an indian or a saint

give me walking shoes

feathered arms

and a key to heaven's gate



ah this world falls on me

dreams of immortality

everywhere i turn

all the beauty just keeps shaking me



i'm running

(this world falls on me)

to the end of the earth

(with hopes of immortality)

i'm swimming

(everywhere i turn)

to the edge of the sea

(the beauty keeps on shaking me)

and i'm laughing

(this world falls on me)

cause i'm under a starry sky

(hopes of immortality)

this world was meant for me

(everywhere i turn)

i've got hopes of immortality





words and music by amy ray

copyright 1990 godhap music (bmi