I lay down and watch your footprints from the shade They trace along the ocean until you fade And I hold my tongue as I go to call your name Go live this life as it was made When I take a moment just to look into your eyes I watch the stories as they pa** by I see the faces and admire all the distant places That you have called your home in this sweet life And now I watch you go, carried by your strong and satisfied soul Painted by the sun in shades of gold Your footprints light, as you go on they unite Writing, our thoughts and our dreams are not so out of sight Well someday you know, we will come to do the same And put an end to this old game So journey on my friend, journey far beyond the seas And carry on until you please Chorus: Lay your hands on slowly down Your knees now, bending towards the ground Now hold on closely to what youve found Before these truths they slowly drown I lay down and watch you as you go about your day It seems as though we have lost our way Fooled by that paper framed up on the wall As if once its there, well have it all And now I stand, just an educated fool As shes buried in the sand this golden rule She said, my friend, you know, things are not always as they seem So go on out and live your dreams Chorus: Lay your hands on slowly down Your knees now, bending towards the ground Now hold on closely to what youve found Before these truths they slowly drown