A thousand years of sleep   I've missed the rising sun   Wish I could change this   Always the same   With each one, every night   I'd watch as the light   Slowly fades from their eyes      Ohh so long   Long ago   What he took   Then gave to me   There is no end   It's not what I thought it'd be      Left drained felt impaired   The eyes drew me inside   Hypnotic waltz from his stare   Letting go      Ohh I still love   With the night will arrive   The cobblestones   Light misty air   The brief carress   Our sweet affair      Ohh so long   Long ago   I was just like any of you   A Simple Man   There was nothing I could do      But I've grown so tired   There's no need to hold on   If you hear me   Just wanna be   Be the man I was      Please believe   If I could   I would change   One thousand years   And still I am   Looking like the day   This all began      Ohh so long   Long ago   What he took   Then gave to me   Take it back   And give back the man in me      I'm going on my way   I'm going where there's no desire   Goin on where I'll stay higher than now      I want what you have taken   My life has been forsaken   Many nights I lay torn I'm breaking down   Why all this began   What's there to care for   Fade away