New Model Army - Pull The Sun lyrics

Impossible desire, impossible the dream We lined them all up together and set off on the chase Now the years they are gone like thieves in the dark Did your eyes follow after them into the night? Ch: I watched you as you tried and tried To pull the sun from out of the sky The colours all run and the clouds collide But that was never enough And me, I've got a black place in my heart My favourite chord, my favourite card That I draw every time on these occasions If you leave a fire to burn it will burn itself away It's a long way back through the dirty waters for you and me Are you still haunted by the hands always letting you go And if I told you not to look, would you do that for me this one time? Ch: But I watched you as you tried and tried To pull the sun from out of the sky…