Once u pon a time I was of the mind ---to lay your bur don down and leave you where you stood and you be lieved i could --you'd seen it done be fore I could read your thoughts Tell you what you saw -- and ne ver say a word But now all that is gone Over with and done ----and ne ver to re turn -and I can't tell you why peo ple die a lone I can tell you I'm the sha dow on the sun Star ing at the loss Loo king for a cause and ne ver real ly sure No thing but a hole to live with out a soul and no thing to be learned --and I can't tell you why peo ple go in sane I can show you how You could do the same I can tell you why the end will ne ver come I can tell you I'm the sha dow on the sun Shapes of ev ery size Move be hind my eyes Doors in side my head Bol ted from with in Ev ery drop of flame Lights a can dle in Mem ory of the one Who lived in side my skin And I can't tell you why peo ple go in sane I can show you how you could do the same I can tell you why the end will ne ver come I can tell you I'm the sha dow on the sun Sha dow on the sun Sha dow on the sun Sha dow on the sun Sha dow on the sun Sha dow on the sun Sha dow on the sun Sha dow on the sun Sha dow on the sun Sha dow Sha dow