no stranger (chapter viii)

i've tried hard to tell you

you better

you better

you better be careful

right down the line

and i am no stranger

it wasn't long ago

so very long ago

i was one of your kind

you'd better stop the running 'round and listen

'cause when the lights come up

i'll have my eye on you

once you mistook me

for the menace

the menace

oh

if you'd only know

and that last confrontation

was just a warning

so that you'd know what would happen

if you push me too far

i see a cloudless sky before me

i'm searching for the ones

i'm searching for the ones

who'd like to leave this all far behind them

and when i find you all we'll fade away

maybe i'll be back

maybe i'll be back

in some other way

you'd better stop the running 'round and listen

stop the running 'round and listen

'cause when the lights come up

i'll have my eye on you

i've got my eyes on you

now we're standing on the sidelines

just watching how you play

with the toys that seem to outgrow you

i suppose we'll have to miss what you'll decide to do

in a blink of an eye

it comes back to you