A Thousand Years
STING
A Thousand Years
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 million tears, a million breaths,
A million
names but only one truth to face
A million roads, a million fears
A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty
I could speak a million
lies, a million songs,
A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of
time
But if there was a single truth, a single light
A single thought, a
singular touch of grace
Then following this single point, this single flame,
This single haunted memory of your face
I still love you
I
still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like
galaxies in my head
I may be numberless, I may be innocent
I may
know many things, I may be ignorant
Or I could ride with kings and conquer
many lands
Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands
I could
be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times
Reborn as fortune's child to
judge another's crimes
Or wear this pilgrim's cloak, or be a common thief
I've kept this single faith, I have but one belief
I still love
you
I still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head
On and on the mysteries unwind themselves
Eternities still unsaid
'Til you love me