Joy Stops Time

"An idle hope is just a light inside the chandler's factory
 And so we fought their dreams with ours and lit a fire in our lives"
 I watched you walk into the sea
 You promised you'd come back to me
 You looked back, I heard your voice
 "Don't let them break you down now Joyce"
 They filled the skies with dollar signs
 Disguised as angels singing lies
 "Don't throw away your life," they said
 We knew exactly what they meant
 The first thing that they do is break
 Your heart and sell it back to you
 You're so afraid, and so you pay
 And every day is yesterday
 But love will make you feel alive
 Remember what you have inside
 Never sink, and never hide
 They tried to break our dream but child
 Joy stops time
 You had a thistle in your hair
 The meadow waved, so sweet the air
 There was a rush, it came so clear
 The world was still, our hearts were bare
 We were saved, I'm not afraid
 What if tomorrow never came?
 They lit their tanks, they stole the world
 They found us hid in morning's curl
 So I held you, you could be held again
 So I saw you, you would be seen again
 So I knew you, you can be known again
 So loved you, you will be loved again
 You couldn't sit there all alone
 Afraid like all the rest who won't
 Do nothing with their lives but hope
 That things would ever change, you know
 You took my clothes, you held my mind
 You broke the mask I hid behind
 For all the walls built up inside
 There was a door left open wide
 Tomorrow lives inside your dreams
 When you remember how to feel
 Once I had a dream you see
 But things aren't always what they seem
 They told us we were out of time, it was a lie, it was a lie
 "Look me in my shining eye, I'll never be like you!", I cried
 I want to feel your wind in mine, I want to touch the infinite
 I want a life that I can taste, so put your arms around my waist
 Take the needle, push it in, let's stay inside the dream we're in When
 You come to find me I'll be where the flowers bloom and sing
 Joy stops time
 Joy
 Stops
 Time
 Love
 When
 You
 Reach
 Out
 For
 My
 Hand
 And
 Pull
 Me
 Close