A Thousand Years          
             


Words by Sting, music by Sting and Kipper 

A thousand years, a thousand more, 
A thousand times a million doors to eternity 
I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times 
An endless turning stairway climbs 
To a tower of souls 
If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars, 
The towers rise to numberless floors in space 
I could shed another million tears, a million breaths, 
A million names but only one truth to face 

A million roads, a million fears 
A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty 
I could speak a million lies, a million songs, 
A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time 
But if there was a single truth, a single light 
A single thought, a singular touch of grace 
Then following this single point , this single flame, 
The single haunted memory of your face 

I still love you 
I still want you 
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves 
Like galaxies in my head 

I may be numberless, I may be innocent 
I may know many things, I may be ignorant 
Or I could ride with kings and conquer many lands 
Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands 
I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times 
Reborn as fortune's child to judge another's crimes 
Or wear this pilgrim's cloak, or be a common thief 
I've kept this single faith, I have but one belief 

I still love you 
I still want you 
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves 
Like galaxies in my head 
On and on the mysteries unwind themselves 
Eternities still unsaid 
'Til you love me


             
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