Five for Fighting - The Riddle lyrics
[Five for Fighting - The Riddle lyrics]
There was a man back in '95
Whose heart ran out of summers
But before he died
I asked him, "Wait, what's the sense in life?
Come over me, come over me"
He said, "Son, why you gotta sing that tune?
Catch a Dylan song
Or some eclipse of the moon
Let an angel swing and make you swoon
Then you will see, you will see"
Then he said, "Here's a riddle for ya
Find the answer
There's a reason for the world you and I"
Picked up my kid from school today
"Did you learn anything? 'Cause
In the world today
You can't live in a castle far away
Now, talk to me, come talk to me"
He said, "Dad, I'm big
But we're smaller than small
In the scheme of things, well
We're nothin' at all
Still, every mother's child sings
A lonely song
So play with me, come play with me"
"And hey Dad, here's a riddle for ya
Find the answer
There's a reason for the world you and I"
I said, "Son, for all I've told ya
When you get right down to the
Reason for the world who am I?"
There are secrets that we still
Have left to find
There have been mysteries from
The beginning of time
There are answers we're not
Wise enough to see he said
"You're lookin' for a clue? I love you free"
The batter swings, and the summer flies
As I look into my angel's eyes
A song plays on while the moon is high
Over me, somethin' comes over me
I guess we're big, and I guess we're small
If you think about it, man, ya know
We got it all
'Cause we're all we got on this bouncin' ball
And I love ya free, I love you freely
Here's a riddle for ya find the answer
There's a reason for the world you and I
Whose heart ran out of summers
But before he died
I asked him, "Wait, what's the sense in life?
Come over me, come over me"
He said, "Son, why you gotta sing that tune?
Catch a Dylan song
Or some eclipse of the moon
Let an angel swing and make you swoon
Then you will see, you will see"
Then he said, "Here's a riddle for ya
Find the answer
There's a reason for the world you and I"
Picked up my kid from school today
"Did you learn anything? 'Cause
In the world today
You can't live in a castle far away
Now, talk to me, come talk to me"
He said, "Dad, I'm big
But we're smaller than small
In the scheme of things, well
We're nothin' at all
Still, every mother's child sings
A lonely song
So play with me, come play with me"
"And hey Dad, here's a riddle for ya
Find the answer
There's a reason for the world you and I"
I said, "Son, for all I've told ya
When you get right down to the
Reason for the world who am I?"
There are secrets that we still
Have left to find
There have been mysteries from
The beginning of time
There are answers we're not
Wise enough to see he said
"You're lookin' for a clue? I love you free"
The batter swings, and the summer flies
As I look into my angel's eyes
A song plays on while the moon is high
Over me, somethin' comes over me
I guess we're big, and I guess we're small
If you think about it, man, ya know
We got it all
'Cause we're all we got on this bouncin' ball
And I love ya free, I love you freely
Here's a riddle for ya find the answer
There's a reason for the world you and I