just one thing

holding it together with barely any motion

like so many motes of dust

my dreams keep stirring in me

but all i see are

rivers of violence

running red on the streets below me

while passionate strangers whisper desire

all i know is i'm on fire

i need just one thing i can believe in

oh

just one thing

just one thing i can believe in

hiding in the shadows

i want to stand in the light

trust is unknown to me

i've been betrayed by the night so long

i can never belong to anyone any more

why does everybody think they know me

i go through the motions

playing my role

nobody knows what's deep in my soul

i need just one thing i can believe in

give me just one thing

oh

just one thing i can believe in

love let me down

i wanted to believe that love was the one thing

but every time i turned around

love let me down

in my imagination

i come out of the darkness

the moon in my fantasy smiles down on me

i am a child running wild and free

but then the fight for survival

takes me out of my illusion

and i'm back in the emptiness

fear and defeat

trapped in a rhythm i don't want to repeat

the taste of freedom is so close and sweet

i've just gotta find a way off this dead-end street

i need just one thing i can believe in

i gotta find one thing

just one thing i can believe in

i need one thing i can believe in

let me find one thing

gotta find one thing

just one thing i can believe in