Danny O'Keefe - American Roulette lyrics

O'Keefe Where is the center, in the beating of the heart? In the point of balance, the point of no returning? In the soul's releasing in strips of silence Slowly torn apart Last night I dreamed of wealth and fame I dreamt so hard I felt the pain Slowly running from my eyes Onto a page I'd filled with sighs And songs designed to make it pay For how I came to be this way Oh, the hunger in the search for power Love is torture in the search for power Lily, are you near me Lily, can you hear me In my dream? I smoke too much When I want to touch you I light a cigarette instead Poisoning myself In an existential game I call American Roulette A soldier to the wind I'm answering your call With yet another song When, like the flag You would raise your skirt Mocking my salute Sometimes I cannot come Because I cannot leave The fortress of the heart I smoke too much Knowing it's not d**h But life I fear we fear Why do we a**ume The beginning always is More sacred than the end? I smoke too much Knowing I can't reach you I light another cigarettev So we stumble on upon a path of darkness Constantly in motion, constantly in waiting Anticipating, misunderstanding Both light and darkness Oh the hunger in the search for power Love is torture in the search for power Lily, are you near me Lily, can you hear me in my dream?