dive

they tell me it's not real, but I know, 'cos I feel
they got me staring right into the sun, as I follow all my dreams ‘gainst the steady stream
get's me feeling like I might just survive, I'm still alive
get's me needin', to dive into your eyes

but I'm not gonna dance for them today
I might shake my feet to their beat
but I'll shake 'em my way
'cos sometimes they make me run too fast
sometimes they make me sing too loud
but I'm only singin' out to get through the crowd

they say it's just a game, but not to me, they're gonna know my name
they got me dodging millions of stones as they rain down on my head heavier than lead
get's me feeling like I might just survive, I'm still alive
get's me needin', to dive into your eyes

and I see you
I see them
I see me in a way
I could never see back when
I met you
And you let me see that I could do
whatever I put my mind to

so now I got you
and I got the real me
I'm goin' sing it out loud
so that everyone can see
that I can do, what I do
without needin' to be
the man they would not see
who I forgot that I knew

9th life

I'll be your one man army heading off to make war
your two man circus, juggling one ball
be your three man crowd
your four man company
be your five man desert island with only one palm tree
your six sense
seventh wonder
i just eight all my pride

be your ninth life
be your ninth life

'cos all I want is you
'cos all I want is you
all I want is you 'til the next world comes along
'til the next world comes along

I'll be your one way ticket to a beautiful place
your two worlds colliding I'll be the smile on your face
your third dimension
four corners of your world
be your five time champ, be your biggest fan
be your six million dollar man
'cos like the seven space men blasting off in a rocket
I'll be an eight ball baby heading straight for your pocket

hear

hear me laughin', hear me cryin'
hear... the places I daren't tread
hear my sweetness, hear my sorrow
hear the inside of my head

I can't tell you the things that I tell you, when I'm free
I can't tell you in spoken word, the truths inside of me

hear me bashful, hear me patient
hear the me that you don't see
hear me listening, hear me lovin'
hear the whole essence of me

just need to ask and i'll sing for you
don't sit there waiting for that other fool

hear... all the words that I subdue
so clear every note when I sing to you

hear me gentle, hear me whisper
hear my footprints in the snow
hear me close in hear me clearer
hear me nearer then you know

I've got so many words still left to sing to you
through your symphonic ears my tears will slowly drip through

hear me docile, hear me placid
hear the places I daren't tread
hear my sweetness, hear my sorrow
hear the inside of my head

just need to ask and i'll sing for you
don't sit there waiting for that other fool

hear... all the words that i subdue
hear everything when i sing to you

all lyrics by eddy cantor, except hear by eddy cantor and neil cooper