{"id":15209,"date":"2017-02-01T20:55:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T10:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15209"},"modified":"2024-07-02T03:59:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:59:37","slug":"sting-a-thousand-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15209","title":{"rendered":"Sting – A Thousand Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sting<\/a><\/p>\n

A thousand years, a thousand more,
\nA thousand times a million doors to eternity
\nI may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times
\nAn endless turning stairway climbs
\nTo a tower of souls
\nIf it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars,
\nThe towers rise to numberless floors in space
\nI could shed another million tears, a million breaths,
\nA million names but only one truth to face
\nA million roads, a million fears
\nA million suns, ten million years of uncertainty
\nI could speak a million lies, a million songs,
\nA million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time
\nBut if there was a single truth, a single light
\nA single thought, a singular touch of grace
\nThen following this single point , this single flame,
\nThe single haunted memory of your face
\nI still love you
\nI still want you
\nA thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
\nLike galaxies in my head
\nI may be numberless, I may be innocent
\nI may know many things, I may be ignorant
\nOr I could ride with kings and conquer many lands
\nOr win this world at cards and let it slip my hands
\nI could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times
\nReborn as fortune’s child to judge another’s crimes
\nOr wear this pilgrim’s cloak, or be a common thief
\nI’ve kept this single faith, I have but one belief
\nI still love you
\nI still want you
\nA thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
\nLike galaxies in my head
\nOn and on the mysteries unwind themselves
\nEternities still unsaid
\n‘Til you love me<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zn7eWTsj9wU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A thousand years, a thousand more, A thousand times a million doors to eternity I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times An endless turning stairway climbs To a tower of souls If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars, The towers rise to numberless floors in space I could shed another … <\/p>\n

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