Sting - A Thousand Years

A thousand years, a thousand more,
A thousand times a million doors to eternity
I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times
An endless turning stairway climbs
To a tower of souls
If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars,
The towers rise to numberless floors
in space
I could shed another million tears,
a million breaths,
A million names
but only one truth to face

A million roads, a million fears
A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty
I could speak a million lies,
a million songs,
A million rights, a million wrongs
in this balance of time
But if there was a single truth, a single light
A single thought, a singular touch of grace
Then following this single point , this single flame,
The single haunted memory
of your face I still love you
I still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head

I may be numberless, I may be innocent
I may know many things,
I may be ignorant
Or I could ride with kings
and conquer many lands
Or win this world at cards
and let it slip my hands
I could be cannon food,
destroyed a thousand times
Reborn as fortune's child
to judge another's crimes
Or wear this pilgrim's cloak,
or be a common thief
I've kept this single faith,
I have but one belief

I still love you
I still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head
On and on the mysteries unwind themselves
Eternities still unsaid
'til you love me