Sting - The Book Of My Life

The book of my life

Let me watch by the fire and remember my days
And it may be a trick of the firelight
But the flickering pages that trouble my sight
Is a book I'm afraid to write

It's the book of my days, it's the book of my life
And it's cut like a fruit on the blade of a knife
And it's all there to see as the section reveals
There's some sorrow in every life

If it reads like a puzzle, a wandering maze
Then I won't understand Ã,?'til the end of my days
I'm still forced to remember,
Remember the words of my life

There are promises broken and promises kept
Angry words that were spoken, when I should have wept
There's a chapter of secrets, and words to confess
If I lose everything that I possess
There's a chapter on loss and a ghost who won't die
There's a chapter on love where the ink's never dry
There are sentences served in a prison I built out of lies.

Though the pages are numbered
I can't see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
In the book of my life

There's a chapter on fathers a chapter on sons
There are pages of conflicts that nobody won
And the battles you lost and your bitter defeat,
There's a page where we fail to meet

There are tales of good fortune that couldn't be planned
There's a chapter on god that I don't understand
There's a promise of Heaven and Hell but I'm damned if I see

Though the pages are numbered
I can't see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
In the book of my life

Now the daylight's returning
And if one sentence is true
All these pages are burning
And all that's left is you

Though the pages are numbered
I can't see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
In the book of my life

Lyrics: www.sting.com

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[ravenwolf68]

No - it's more mature, spiritual and breathtakingly beautiful. This...is transcendent, like the interface between Heaven and earth. xx

[TCoon33]

Poetic and universal. Great lyrics and music.

[Sizzlin2010]

This is damn good-pretty much lost for words-GENIUS!!!

[NemoNightingale]

OMG! Beautifuuuuul... ♥_♥

[The21sumit]

A great Song with an Indian Remix...the Melody is great..The Lyric is great...This song makes a feeling of Heaven ....

[mrvbadass]

the only words i understood were the book of my life lol

[maduhri]

inspired me to write the book of my life.

[Crafty411]

Sting wries some of the must intelligent music out there... he is my spirit guide

[Iriacinte]

It is so beautifull <3 I heard it when I was little and I always remembered it.

[RICKINTORONTO]

Sometimes you click on the thumbs down to see if you can read the negative comment ...next thing u know..u just disliked it :-(

[rivostain]

Simply awesome!!!!

Thumbs up if you want to sting that one guy who disliked it

[jojo199335]

One of the best songs I have ever heard, this is why Sting is one of most favorite artists because of songs like this.