Tantalus

[baritone male vocalist] I scream out to you but my voice will never reach you I stretch my arms out but my hands will never touch you forever out of grasp i gasp-- for air just a drink of water to quench my thirst but the water's never there my love is a mirage an oasis of complacency I see it, but can never reach it I believe in it but it always disappears beneath the tree of your fruit I try to take a taste but the fruit is never there forever confined by my desire I can't find way to reach higher for you I long, i long, but you don't know that I exist I've tried for so long to get your attention but you always disappear a longing in my thought that I hold dear I'm trapped here forever waiting as the fear takes hold of me try as I might, I can't get past what I cannot see for it's you and me it's you and me that were never meant to be If I don't even have the courage to chase you how can I expect to believe that I can do anything other than plea that you'll see me how can I expect to believe that I can do anything other than plea that you'll see me never again to escape this fate of longing but never achieving never again to escape this fate of wanting but always dreaming [short instrumental interlude] beneath the tree of your fruit I try to take a taste but the fruit is never there forever confined by my desire I can't find a way to reach higher for you I long, but you don't know that I exist I've tried for so long to get your attention but you always disappear a longing in my thought that I hold dear never again to escape this fate of longing but never achieving never again to escape this fate of wanting but always dreaming I scream out to you but my voice will never reach you I stretch my arms out but my hands will never touch you forever out of grasp i gasp-- for air just a drink of water to quench my thirst but the water's never there my love is a mirage an oasis of complacency I see it, but can never reach it I believe in it but it always disappears beneath the tree of your fruit I try to take a taste but the fruit is never there forever confined by my desire I can't find a way to reach higher for you I long, but you don't know that I exist I scream out to you but my voice will never reach you I stretch my arms out but my hands will never touch you forever out of grasp i gasp-- for air just a drink of water to quench my thirst but the water's never there my love is a mirage an oasis of complacency I see it, but can never reach it I believe in it but it always disappears beneath the tree of your fruit I try to take a taste but the fruit is never there forever confined by my desire I can't find a way to reach higher for you I long, but you don't know that I exist I've tried for so long to get your attention but you always disappear a longing in my thought that I hold dear but always dreaming never again to escape this fate of longing but never achieving never again to escape this fate of wanting but always dreaming never again to escape this fate of longing but never achieving never again to escape this fate of wanting but always dreaming never again to escape this fate of longing but never achieving never again to escape this fate of wanting but always dreaming [end] [refrain] [fade out]