If all we have are empty rooms
And burned-out traces
Of half-forgotten tunes
If all we’ll have are broken hearts
And time will always tear us apart
Then please don’t take me higher than that
please don’t take me higher than that

If all we have are borrowed nights
Out on loan to us from paradise
If all we’ll have are more goodbyes
And all our promises turn into lies
Then please don’t take me higher than that
please don’t take me higher than that
please don’t take me higher than that
I can’t get back down again

My darling
I’ll want to keep you
I’ll want to hold onto you
And turn the world into bloom
But I can’t keep the sun
Shining in the sky
Sun comes down
And it’s night again
Won’t you hold onto me
and make it all right again
Make it alright

If all we have are lucky stars
Shining down on us from very far away
If all we’ll have are broken hearts
And time will always tear us apart
Then please don’t take me higher than that
please don’t take me higher than that
please don’t take me higher than that
I can’t get back down again 

Photo: © 2002 Warren Darius Aftahi