Opportunities Lost Lyrics


[Music: Vicinity / Lyrics: Schmidt-Melbye & Olsen]

Scenes are shifting, giving no riposte

Thoughts are troubling, in confusion lost

I keep searching, screaming out in the dark

Choices given don't seem to leave their mark

Shrouded masks, the eyes of futures, see me

Still I feel that my eyes fail to see

my sights of regret

Mists keep on churning

Feet find no support

Glass half empty

Time is way too short

Why can't I just break free?

Why can't I let go?

Words are lost to me

My thoughts won't let me be free

Please stop this war inside my head!

Bridges crumble, water closes, pasts remain

Memories of what's been learned are gone

Mists clearing, time to take it slow

From the mirror stare the eyes that never know

How could time just slip away? I could not see

I have to look inside myself to save what's left of me

Dreams are unending, nothing is foretold

A child within awakens, its purpose uncontrolled

While time forever shortens, events will unfold

As rivers keep on running, our stories are told

Thoughts never mentioned, the wishes kept at bay

It seems like our choices are taken away

Rain washing down

from an open, blue sky

It helps me to see

with an unopen eye:

The past is blocked

The more I look, the less I feel I see

Dreams fading, where can I go?

Clouds are taking shapes, and I'm afraid to know

How could time slip away? I could not see

I have to look inside myself to save what's left of me

Dreams are unending, nothing is foretold

A child within awakens, its purpose uncontrolled

While time forever shortens, events will unfold

As rivers keep on running, our stories are told

Thoughts never mentioned, the wishes kept at bay

It seems like our choices are taken away

Rain washing down

from an open, blue sky

It helps me to see

with an unopen eye:

The past is blocked

The more I look, the less I feel I see

My thoughts are ranging

my mind's changing

My words, unspoken

Still I'm unbroken

For now

I try to look in

Discover what's within

 open my eyes and I finally feel I see,

I feel like me

My thoughts and actions and all lost intentions

Speak to me!

I can't hear a single sound

Still noise strikes me to the ground

Open up the floodgates

and let out what I need to feel free

Dreams may end, but the future welcomes you

There's no point in chasing shadows in the dark,

no better to be staring at the sun

Rain falling down again:

Show me my own, personal reality

I choose my way

If you keep looking forwards

you may find that your future has passed you by

It is never too late to take back your life

Everything around you will try to follow you into conformity

Stand tall, and face the fact that all you comes at a cost

Opportunities lost