Fade Away

Fade Away
Fade Away	Copyright ©2005, Patrick Holley

Fade Away deals with loss which is really just saying "change" which won't leave you alone when you really do want to be left alone. I wrote the song four weeks before Katrina hit and the irony of the second verse floored me for a couple of days until I realized that the impact of the Tsunami was probably the original influence on the verse. I was really sad by how little we could do to help in the face of "real" adversity but I was heartened how many little steps were taken by "common" people really made a difference is many peoples lives.

	Fade Away What we know, together now Were only leaves, from fallen trees And what we see, forever now On forest paths, that never last Do you believe in angels, In this world we share I think I’ll leave it to the angels, to show the love that’s there, deep inside Storm clouds chase, a bewildered eye From a tortured land, on shifting sand When the waters, change the tide Walls fall down, the city drowns Do you believe in angels, In a world that’s gone so mad I think I’ll leave it to the angels, to show the love we had, deep inside When we turn, a wayward home From plastic dreams, men’s machines From the things, forgotten how Were never free, can never be Do you believe in angels, In the world that we made I think I’ll leave to the angels, to show the love that’s saved, deep inside Do you believe that forever, can be, for me Can you believe that forever, will be, for me And forever Comes in the morning now As my dream Fades away
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