There's a dark wind out of the desert tonight
And sometimes...she has your name
Like a lover burned, like a deal gone bad
And nothing...will ever be the same...

(CHORUS:)
In a heartbeat
   ...everything changes
      In a heartbeat
         ...no one is there
        In a heartbeat
    ...all you can do is try
coming up for air...
 
Well you've fought before, but it's not like this
Cause this time...you lose and you're gone
Down the dark refrain of the devil's kiss
There's nothing to do...but soldier on...


(CHORUS)

BRIDGE:
             And you find you're
             removed standing outside
             looking in as the time starts
             to crawl
        Over faces and places and
        lovers and friends
        that spin through the
        darkness you fall
   As you ricochet now from
   composure to tears
   you wonder if maybe that's all

all the time that you get
No more hedging your bets...

(CHORUS)

--words & music by Michael Stanley