David Crosby
How am I going to explain it to him
What am I going to say when it's something that grim
How the hell do you tell them there comes an end
How are you going to handle it and still be their friend
How do you explain this world we face
To all of the innocents we brought to this place
These and other questions stand in a row
And I'm not satisfied with the answers I know
What are you going to say to those eyes
I can't even get close to the lies
That are easier to tell, you just say oh, well
I'll explain it when he's older
But somehow that's colder than I want to be
I am uncomfortable lying to a child
Feels like building a trap for something wild
Feels like building your house on the sand
And expecting the ocean to let it stand
Somehow I must come up with better stuff
You see, I'm just not satisfied with all that simplified guff
That they shovel at the kids by the handful
Like candy they buy at the stand full
Of flags by the side of the road
It's not good for them to hand them that load of crap like they do
You see, I want a world where I can tell him the truth
About everything from Jesus to John Wilkes booth
How they lie in the house and the senate too
Only get close to the truth when it suits them to
And the very next day
They're back to lying that way
Of course it doesn't seem to matter what I want
But I look at some of the faces all haggard and gaunt
I wonder which thing made them lose their dreams
'Caus mine is alive very much it would seem
And I would just like to be able to hand it to him
Without the light in those eyes ever getting dim
I want a dream for him
(Dream for him)
Dream for Him
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Acoustic Funeral (For Love in Limbo) - HIM
Endless Dark (616 version) - HIM
Song Or Suicide - HIM
Dead Lover's Lane - HIM
Kiss of Dawn - HIM
In Joy and Sorrow [Multimedia Track] - HIM
In Joy and Sorrow [String Version][*] - HIM
Pretending [Multimedia Track] - HIM
The Face of God - HIM
The Cage [*] - HIM
One Last Time [Rockfield Madness][#][Version]...
The Path [P.S. Version][#] - HIM
The Funeral of Hearts [Acoustic Version] - HIM
Close to the Flame [The Rappula Tapes][#] - HIM
W.L.S.T.D. (When Love Starts to Die) - HIM
Drawn & Quartered - HIM
Endless Dark [616 Version] - HIM
Valo Yössä - HIM
Wings of a Butterfly - HIM
Join Me - HIM
Temple Of Love - HIM
Take My Breath Away - HIM
Strange World - HIM
Soul On Fire - HIM
The Funeral Of Hearts - HIM
The Foreboding Sense Of Impending Happiness - HIM
The Cage - HIM
The Beginning Of The End - HIM
The Heartless - HIM
Sweet Pandemonium - HIM
Sweet 666 - HIM
Salt In Our Wounds - HIM
Happy? - Intwine - HIM
Hand Of Doom - HIM
Heartkiller - HIM
Heartache Every Moment - HIM
In The Nightside Of Eden - HIM
In The Arms Of Rain - HIM
Drunk On Shadows - HIM
Drawn & Quartered - HIM
In Venere Veritas - HIM
Enjoy The Silence - HIM
Fade Into You - HIM
Face Of God - HIM
Hearts At War - HIM
Gone With The Sin - HIM
For You - HIM
Valo Yossa - HIM
Unleash The Red - HIM
Under The Rose - HIM
Too Long To Love - HIM
Too Happy To Be Alive - HIM
This Fortress Of Tears - HIM
Into The Night - HIM
Ikkunaprinsessa - HIM
If You Wanna Be Bad You Gotta Be Good - HIM
Heaven Tonight - HIM
Larger Than Life - HIM
Kiss The Void - HIM
I Just Died In Your Arms - HIM
Hunningolla - HIM
Killing Loneliness - HIM
Katherine Wheel - HIM
Jykeva On Rakkaus - HIM
Join Me In Death (Razorblade Mix) - HIM
I Will Be The End Of You - HIM
I Love You - HIM
In Love And Lonely - HIM
In Joy And Sorrow - HIM
Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart - HIM
Buried Alive By Love - HIM
Circle Of Fear - HIM
Borellus - HIM
Bleed Well - HIM
All Lips Go Blue - HIM
Tears On Tape - HIM
Your Sweet 666 - HIM
Disarm Me (With Your Loneliness) - HIM
Endless Dark - HIM
Dying Song - HIM
Cyanide Sun - HIM
Close To The Flame - HIM
Shooting Star - HIM
Shatter Me With Hope - HIM
Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly - HIM
Sleepwalking Past Hope - HIM
Resurrection - HIM
Rebel Yell - HIM
Serpent Ride - HIM
Scared To Death - HIM
Sininen Uni - HIM
Sigillum Diaboli - HIM
Razorblade Kiss - HIM
Pretending - HIM
Motor - HIM
Mask - HIM
Right Here In My Arms - HIM
Paratiisi - HIM
Our Diabolical Rapture - HIM
One Last Time - HIM
Like St. Valentine - HIM
Love You Like I Do - HIM
Poison Heart - HIM
Poison Girl - HIM
Love Without Tears - HIM
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Ode To Solitude - HIM
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Wicked Game - HIM
Bittersweet - HIM
Beyond Redemption - HIM
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Behind The Crimson Door - HIM
Beautiful - HIM
And Love Said No - HIM
Again - HIM
Songs Or Suicide - HIM
The Phantom Gate - HIM
The Path - HIM
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Venus Doom - HIM
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The Kiss Of Dawn - HIM
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