Read 'em and weep (Album Version)

Lyrics：Jim Steinman Music：Jim Steinman

I've been trying for hours just to think of what exactly to say

I thought I'd leave you with a letter of fiery speech

Like when an actor makes an exit at the end of the play

And I've been dying for hours

Trying to fill up all the holes with some sense

I'd like to know how you faded and you threw it away

I'd like to give you all the reasons and what everything meant

Well I could tell you good-bye

Or maybe see you around

With just a touch of sarcastic thanks

We started out with a bang

And at the top of the world

Now the guns are exhausted

And the bullets are blanks

And everything's blank

If I could only find the words then I would write them all down

If I could only find a voice I would speak

But it's there in my eyes so can't you see me tonight

C'Mon and look at me and read 'em and weep

If I could only find the words then I would write them all down

If I could only find a voice I would speak

Oh it's there in my eyes so can't you see me tonight

C'Mon and look at me and read 'em and weep

I've been whispering softly, trying to build a cry up to scream

We let the past slip away and put the future on hold

Now the present is nothing but a hollowed out dream

I've been dying for hours, trying to fill up the holes eith some sense

I'd like to know why you faded and you threw it away

I'd like to give you all the reasons

And what everything meant

It's there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart

It's running silent and angry and deep

It's there in my eyes and it's all I can say

C'Mon and read 'em and weep

Read 'em and weep

For all the hours we'll be spending alone

Read 'em and weep

For the dreams we'll ignore

Running silent and deep

And all those promises we promised to keep

They won't be kept anymore

Read 'em and weep

For the magic that our bodies had made, Read 'em and weep

For the blood that we've lost, Running silent and deep

And all those secrets that we somehow betrayed

For whatever the cost, Read 'em and weep

For the memories still alive in the bed, Read 'em and weep

For the lies we believed, Running silent and deep

And all the things that can never be said

C'Mon and look at me and read 'em and weep, Why don't you look at me and read 'em and weep

It's there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart, It's running silent and angry and deep

But it's there in my eyes so can't you see me tonight, C'Mon and look at me and read 'em and weep