SAVAGE GARDEN LYRICS - Promises

"Promises"



Well don't you know I need a

little indulgence?

Listen to the hunter becoming

hunted

Every day there's a million advances

Don't be too forceful you'll ruin

your chances

Well don't you know that time is a

broken glass

That splinters against the wall?

But the picture is coming back

now baby,

And I want to take it all



[chorus:]



Don't go making all these promises

you know you cannot keep

There's a time to play a king and a

time to be the thief

'Cause if you're making all these

promises you know you cannot keep

You know time will be the thief and

your fallen king will end up alone



So let your body move a little

bit closer

Silent like the sound proceeding

a cyclone

Don't you know that

powerful thinking

Can be a force you don't want

to relinquish?

Well don't you know that,

They say that hanging on will justify

the wait?

But patience and elated wisdom

don't share a common phrase



[chorus]



Well, I'm only hanging on for what

goes down

I'm floating high and my feet don't

touch the ground

I'd take advantage but I can't see

through this charade

So don't you, don't go make it harder

than hell

'Cause when it comes down to

the making

You better be damned sure you can

take it

Hey baby



[chorus]



Time will be the thief

and your fallen king will end up...

A fool, a fool, a lonely sorry fool

Oh baby, 'cause I told you baby