When you came to me with your bad dreams and your fears 
It was easy to see that you'd been crying
Seems like everywhere you turn catastrophe it reigns 
But who really profits from the dying
I could hold you in my arms 
I could hold you forever
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you in my arms forever

When you kissed my lips with my mouth so full of questions
It's my worried mind that you quiet
Place your hands on my face
Close my eyes and say
Love is a poor man's food
Don't prophesize
I could hold you in my arms 
I could hold you forever
And I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever

So now we see how it is
This fist begets the spear 
Weapons of war
Symptoms of madness
Don't let your eyes refuse to see
Don't let your ears refuse to hear
Or you ain't never going to shake this sense of sadness
I could hold you in my arms 
I could hold on forever 
And I could hold you in my arms
I could hold forever