A Thousand Years

[ti:A Thousand Years] [ar:Sting] [offset:500] [01:29.22]A thousand years, a thousand more, [01:31.78]A thousand times a million doors to eternity [01:39.84]I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times [01:43.36]An endless turning stairway climbs [01:46.61]To a tower of souls [01:52.14]If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars, [01:55.51]The towers rise to numberless floors in space [02:03.81]I could shed another million tears, a million breaths, [02:07.44]A million names but only one truth to face [02:11.63] [02:22.24]A million roads, a million fears [02:24.71]A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty [02:32.82]I could speak a million lies, a million songs, [02:36.34]A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time [02:44.42]But if there was a single truth, a single light [02:47.97]A single thought, a singular touch of grace [02:56.29]Then following this single point , this single flame, [02:59.83]The single haunted memory of your face [03:05.43] [03:08.70]I still love you [03:20.06]I still want you [03:32.11]A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves [03:36.53]Like galaxies in my head [03:39.22] [03:56.23]I may be numberless, I may be innocent [04:01.76]I may know many things, I may be ignorant [04:07.73]Or I could ride with kings and conquer many lands [04:13.44]Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands [04:19.41]I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times [04:25.17]Reborn as fortune’s child to judge another’s crimes [04:31.08]Or wear this pilgrim’s cloak, or be a common thief [04:36.75]I’ve kept this single faith, I have but one belief [04:42.04]I still love you [04:53.88]I still want you [05:05.99]A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves [05:10.07]Like galaxies in my head [05:13.22] [05:18.06]On and on the mysteries unwind themselves [05:21.89]Eternities still unsaid [05:26.43]Till you love me