LEVEL 42 - A Floating Life lyrics

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In your hands there's a photograph<br>You look up, she begins to laugh<br>So cold as she walks away<br>And you know that it's time to pay<br>You're caught in a web you spun yourself<br>Face to face with your failure this very day<br>You call out her name you can't help yourself<br>But you need love like you need a - kick in the head<br><br>You worked hard for the things you own<br>Fancy cars and a country home<br>Gave it all for a glittering prize<br>To be a face people recognise<br>On the walls of your home there are works of art<br>But you stare at the picture - on the floor<br>The face of a man with an aching heart<br>It's no fun to be famous anymore<br><br>(you said )<br>This is a sad day<br>And I would gladly give it all away<br>In exchange<br>For a floating life<br><br>Shed your tears for a shallow dream<br>Let your cry be a primal scream<br>A song through the mists of time<br>A serenade to your concubine<br>You were wrong to believe she could set you free<br>You're trapped by the trappings - of success<br>And you know the she'll never let you be<br>'til the world knows the secrets - you confessed<br><br>(you said)<br>I see her cruel face<br>My heart is nothing but an empty space<br>And on this sad day<br>I would gladly give it all away<br>In exchange<br>For a floating life<br><br>Neither asleep nor awake<br>Losing control you start to shake<br>As the day begins to break<br><br>They're gonna shoot you down in flames<br>When that girl starts naming names<br>There's nowhere to hide from your shame