COLOSSEUM II lyrics - Castles

(Gary Moore/John Hiseman)



I'm free to go.

There's no more need to stay.

Throw away the works of years

And return to Adam's way.



Retreat from shadow

To dabble baths and sun bleached joys.

Live it out on an island in the mind

Untouched by human flaws.



I'm free to go.

There's nothing in my way.

Up above the rainbow's end

The gold all melts away.



Return a hero

From distant lands of fight and fire.

Escape into the piece in my mind

And climbing higher and higher.



I nearly made it that time.

I nearly got away.

I nearly made it that time,

But I always have to stay.



I'm throwing out my tickets

To the outside world.

Lost interest in a drama

Which is destined to unfold.



I'm heading out for the shores

Of a friendly land.

Where every grain of sand

Reaches out to shake me

By the hand.



I nearly made it that time.

I nearly got away.

I nearly made it that time,

But I always have to stay.



I nearly made it that time.

I nearly got away.

I nearly made it that time,

But I always have to stay.



I nearly made it that time.

I nearly got away.

I nearly made it that time,

But I always have to stay.



I nearly made it that time.