A Longer Look

You sit in that room, waxing all lyrical
Writing these so say songs
Well, sometimes I don't believe it
Think that it's all from a book
And maybe it takes
A bloody Sunday school miracle
To see where your heart belongs
Sometimes you can't conceive it
You need to take a longer look

I still like it when you bring up my name
When you talk to your friends on the phone
I still hate to hear you say the words
"I feel so alone"
I see that I should apply myself
To the task of love undertook
I see this so clearly now
Having taken a longer look
A longer look

Oh, Lord, help me to keep my big mouth shut
To listen, look and learn
To shoot for the moon
Without the result of another powder burn

In order to make you believe me
I need to give you some evidence
To show my true intention
I need to draw on experience
To be the bird of a different feather
I keep caged up inside
I need to make a commitment
To take a longer look outside

A longer look
A longer look
A longer look
A longer look
A longer look
A longer look
A longer look
A longer look