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It was late in the summer and the house was asleep Except for you in the attic under the eaves The windows were open, it was lamplight and stars Lamplight and stars from above You could hear a car passing way down the street A neighbor's dog barking, and the wind in the trees And you're the king of your castle and of all you survey At the end of this day that was You thought of your children just down the stairs Your wife sleeping deeply, the quotidian cares Some days it's easy, some days it's hard Some days it's so hard to be loved You look like your old man when he was your age Stepping back from the mirror, more surprised than amazed Same salt at the temples, same faraway eyes A disguise you recognize now You wish he'd been around more when you were a kid You wish he had told you so much more than he did And all these regrets and they're still handed down From father to son somehow And what doesn't get lost in the numbing routine SongtexteWhat isn't a burden or casualty You're sworn to protect from indifference and rust What indifference and rust will allow It's not very often but it happens sometimes You can feel something pulling like the moon pulls the tides Too strong to outswim and too deep to outlast The past like a wave on the sea We're all trying to live up to some oath to ourselves Try holding back time but it will not be held No king has the power, no mortal the skill But still you keep trying to see What's waiting for you at the end of your days The wars you inherit, the truces you make The riches you squandered, the love that you earned And the nocturne you heard in a dream Aus Songtexte Mania