When You Learn to Sing

A father can give you his words But words are just symbols for things. And after he's gone That's when you learn to sing. A mother can give you her breast But soon that's all she'll bring. And when she's left That's when you learn to sing. People live this life. I know we lie and deceive. It's learned that I'm blind. I just wanted To believe. And when your love grabs your arm And whispers the sweetest of lies And all those around you, they wonder How can you've been surprised. It's written in her eyes That hope is a dangerous thing. Nightingale, you stagger and fail Is that how you've learned how to sing? People live this life. I know you lie and deceive. I'm not so blind. I just wanted... People live the world. I know you hurt and deceive. I'm not so blind. I just wanted And I want, and I want To believe. And I want to believe. And I want to believe. And I want to believe. And I want to believe. And I want to believe. And I want to believe. And I want to believe. And I just wanted