Welcome To Paradise

From the 2007 album Eden Slips Away

You started fast but didn't last

How did you lose your way?

A pretty face, such a waste

The picture didn't take

It must have come, as such suprise

that you're not perfect after all

 

How could this be?

How could the wheels of fortune be so blind?

Consumed by need

but for love you never had the time

 

Close your eyes, live the lie

Welcome to paradise

It's allright, one more night

Welcome to Paradise

 

The room is bare, you say your prayers

as your life goes up in smoke

You count the days, you've pissed away

It all seems like a joke

Means to an end, you sold your friends

to the highest bidder

 

Face on the floor, wolf's at the door

Can you deny it anymore?

The things you hide, so deep inside

are the things you're dying for

 

Close your eyes, live the lie

Welcome to paradise

It's allright, one more night

Welcome to paradise

 

Still you keep waiting, waiting, waiting

for the light to break throough

Waiting, waiting, waiting

You're wide awake and

waiting, for love to stand still

waiting, for the bruises to heal

waiting, in silent rage

waiting, as the hours slip away

 

Words and Music by Stuart Douglas Stanley

Copyright 2007 Mr. Douglas Music (BMI)

 

Reviews

[AmandaN]

This is like a No 1 song! Fabulous

[Traces]

There seems to be too much waiting, and anger in the world, and not enough love..your poem is powerful. Holly

[doreen cyr]

very powerful expression and vivid in description
doreen