Songwriter: Sarah McLachlan
Producer: Greg Reely
[Verse 1]
In the desert of my dreams
I saw you there
And I'm walking towards the water steaming
Body cold and bare
But your words cut loose the fire
And you left my soul to bleed
And the pain that's in your truth's deceiving me
Has got me scared
[Chorus]
Oh why? (Oh why?)
Oh why? (Oh why?)
Oh
[Verse 2]
Through your eyes the strains of battle
Like a brooding storm
You're up and down these pristine velvet walls
Like focus never forms
My walls are getting wider
And my eyes are drawn astray
I see you now a vague deception
Of a dying day
[Chorus]
Oh why?
Oh why?
Ooh ah
[Verse 3]
I fall into the water
And once more I turn to you
And the crowds were standing staring faceless
Cutting off my view to you
They start to limply flail their bodies
In a twisted mime
And I'm lost inside this tangled web
In which I'm lain entwined
You're gone and I'm lost inside
This tangled web in which I'm lain entwined
[Chorus]
Oh why?
Oh why?
Ooh ah
Ooh ah
In the desert of my dreams
I saw you there
And I'm walking towards the water steaming
Body cold and bare
But your words cut loose the fire
And you left my soul to bleed
And the pain that's in your truth's deceiving me
Has got me scared
[Chorus]
Oh why? (Oh why?)
Oh why? (Oh why?)
Oh
[Verse 2]
Through your eyes the strains of battle
Like a brooding storm
You're up and down these pristine velvet walls
Like focus never forms
My walls are getting wider
And my eyes are drawn astray
I see you now a vague deception
Of a dying day
[Chorus]
Oh why?
Oh why?
Ooh ah
[Verse 3]
I fall into the water
And once more I turn to you
And the crowds were standing staring faceless
Cutting off my view to you
They start to limply flail their bodies
In a twisted mime
And I'm lost inside this tangled web
In which I'm lain entwined
You're gone and I'm lost inside
This tangled web in which I'm lain entwined
[Chorus]
Oh why?
Oh why?
Ooh ah
Ooh ah
more tracks from the album
Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan
- I Will Remember You
- Into the Fire
- Vox
- Fallen
- Stupid
- The Path of Thorns (Terms)
- Hold On
- Good Enough
- Building a Mystery
- Sweet Surrender
- Adia
- U Want Me 2 (Radio Mix)
- Don’t Give Up on Us
- Mercy
- Possession
- Angel
- Ice Cream
- World on Fire
- Drawn to the Rhythm
- Push
- I Will Remember You (Live)
- U Want Me 2
- Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
- Ben’s Song
- Steaming
- World On Fire (Radio Mix)
From the albums
- Touch (1988)
- Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan (2008)
- The Essential Sarah McLachlan (2013)
Sarah McLachlan popular songs
- Angel
- Angel (Acoustic)
- When She Loved Me
- I Will Remember You
- Building a Mystery
- Adia
- Sweet Surrender
- Possession
- Fallen
- World on Fire
- Prayer of Saint Francis (Traditional)
- Prayer of St. Francis
- Answer
- I Love You
- Out of the Shadows
- Push (Live)
- What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
- Unchained Melody
- Train Wreck
- Fear
- I Will Not Forget You
- U Want Me 2
- Find Your Voice
- Perfect Girl