A Road Too Long - Allan Taylor, Martin Huch, Hans-Joerg Mauksch

It was a long time coming but plain to see

When I held his shaking hand, he couldn’t look at me

He said something about losing, losing the will to go on

He looked off into the distance, I knew his mind had gone

He lights a candle, it has a soft kind of glow

He’s scared of the dark but he won’t let nobody know

Cos when the midnight demons are creeping through the night

He knows they’ll get to him when he’s run out of fight

Was it trying to get it right that made it wrong

Or was it just a road that went on way too long

Too long, too long, too long

He searches for words, but the words disappear

He talks so quietly, you move closer to hear

He’s looking for answers but you don’t know what to say

Just help him through the night into another day

He’s falling over the edge of the abyss

Holding on and reaching out and hoping he won’t miss

I say «Grab a hold of something, something beautiful and true

Someday the world is going to smile for you»

Was it trying to get it right that made it wrong

Or was it just a road that went on way too long

Too long, too long, too long