It Takes a Little More

The ships in the harbor
The water so smooth
A glimpse of the time
When we lived by our rules
And walked these streets
Like kings and queens
On top of the world
As transitory as all things
But as strong as love

The lake and the park
Our everyday short cut
Like mere fleeting sparks
Just daring survive the dusk
If only I had seen the storm
Your sails were to defy
But it never showed
Even though you had
Your heart open wide

And I thought I'd be ok by now
But I won't lie
I've been walking down our memory lane
Trying to find
When you lost control where were we to take
Your hand in the dark?
You would always say that the artist way
Was to push past the lines
And soar over stranger grounds
Sow the seed of a more honest art
But something grew
And something fell apart

The place in midtown
The bakery below
The streets leading out
Of where I called home
And I know there's so much to do
Much more than what stays behind
The road is never really through
If we don't lose the drive

And I'll always try to push past the lines
But I won't hide
From the feelings flowing in and out like
Debris in the tide
We have got to face what can take us down
And drag it under the light
'cause we're only as strong as the grasp we've got
On the demons inside

You taught us about the best
And the worst parts of this need we have
To reach across the dark on desert lands
To strive for glory greater than the last
To feed the flames and rise in fiery red

It takes a little more
To satisfy this need we have
To feed the flames and rise
In fiery red