A Thousand Years
[Music by Sting & Kipper, Lyrics by Sting]
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,
The 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
Small World
