 Genius Lyrics
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Sarah McLachlan – Possession
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“Possession” was released in 1993 as the lead single from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. The lyrics are written from the perspective of an obsessed fan, which caused some controversy
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Sarah McLachlan – Black
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As the walls are closing in / And the colors fade to black / And my eyes are falling fast and deep into me / And I follow the tracks that lead me down / And I never follow what's
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Sarah McLachlan – Building a Mystery
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Building a Mystery is the lead single from Sarah McLachlan’s album Surfacing.
According to Sarah at a live performance in 1997, the song is “basically about the fact that we all
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Sarah McLachlan – Fear
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[Verse 1] / Morning smiles / Like the face of a newborn child / Innocent, unknowing / Winter's end / Promises of a long lost friend / Speaks to me of comfort / [Chorus] / But I
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Sarah McLachlan – Hallelujah
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[Verse 1] / Now I've heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / It goes like this, the fourth, the
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Sarah McLachlan – Perfect Girl
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Am I faithful, am I strong, am I good enough to belong / In your reverie a perfect girl / Your vision of romance is cruel and all along I played the fool / All your expectations
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Sarah McLachlan – Ice
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[Verse 1] / The ice is thin come on dive in / Underneath my lucid skin / The cold is lost, forgotten / Hours pass days pass time stands still / Light gets dark and darkness fills
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Sarah McLachlan – Ol' 55
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Well my time has come quickly / I go lickety-splitly down to my old '55 / As I pulled away slowly / I was feeling so holy / God knows, I was feeling alive / Now the sun's coming up
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Sarah McLachlan – When She Loved Me
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[Verse 1] / When somebody loved me / Everything was beautiful / Every hour we spent together / Lives within my heart / And when she was sad / I was there to dry her tears / And
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Sarah McLachlan – Train Wreck
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Would your love in all its finery / Tear at the darkness all around me / Until I can breathe again / Until I believe again / 'Cause I'm a train wreck waiting to happen / Waiting
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Sarah McLachlan – Adia
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“Adia” is a song from Sarah McLachlan’s album Surfacing, and it talks about her problems “dealing with feeling responsible for everyone else,” as she mentions on her 1998
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Sarah McLachlan – Ice Cream
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[Verse 1] / Your love is better than ice cream / Better than anything else that I've tried / Your love is better than ice cream / Everyone here knows how to fight / [Chorus] / And
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Sarah McLachlan – Blackbird
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[Verse 1] / Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly / All your life / You were only waiting for this moment to arise / [Verse 2
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Sarah McLachlan – Circle
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[Verse 1] / There are two of us talking in circles / And one of us who wants to leave / In a world created for only us / An empty cage that had no key / Don't you know that we're
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Sarah McLachlan – Elsewhere
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[Verse 1] / I love the time and in between / The calm inside me / In the space where I can breathe / I believe there is a distance I have wandered / To touch upon the years of
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Sarah McLachlan – World on Fire
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“World on Fire” was released as the third single from Sarah McLachlan’s 2003 album, Afterglow. Sarah wrote this song as a response to the tragic September 11th attacks. The song’s
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Sarah McLachlan – Hold On
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[Verse 1] / Hold on / Hold on to yourself / For this is gonna hurt like hell / Hold on / Hold on to yourself / You know that only time will tell / What is it in me that refuses to
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Sarah McLachlan – Sweet Surrender
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Sweet Surrender was a single from Sarah McLachlan’s album Surfacing.
The song peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, #14 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart and #15 on
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Sarah McLachlan – Time
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Time here, all but means nothing / Just shadows that move 'cross the wall / They keep me company, but they don't ask of me / They don't say nothing at all / And I need just a
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Sarah McLachlan – Fallen
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“Fallen” was released as the first single from Sarah McLachlan’s 2003 album, Afterglow. In 2004, the song was nominated for a Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, but ultimately lost
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Sarah McLachlan – Answer
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[Verse 1] / I will be the answer / At the end of the line / I will be there for you / While you take the time / In the burning of uncertainty / I will be your solid ground / I will
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Sarah McLachlan – The First Noel / Mary Mary
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Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel / Born is the king of Israel / Mary, Mary had a little baby / Mmm... yes, pretty little baby / Mmm... yes, pretty little baby / Glory be to the new born king
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Sarah McLachlan – Steaming
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You're always waiting on the tides / It's time you decide / I've walked down long roads / That seem to have no end at all / You never wanted time to end / To let my life offend
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Sarah McLachlan – Bring On the Wonder
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I can't see the stars anymore living here / Let's go to the hills where the outlines are clear / Bring on the wonder, bring on the song / I pushed you down deep in my soul for too
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Sarah McLachlan – Ben's Song
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[Intro] / Oh / Oh / Oh / Oh / [Verse 1] / On the hills of fire the darkest hour / I was dreaming of my true love's pyre / Who will bring a light to stoke the fire? / Fear not for
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Sarah McLachlan – River
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It's coming on Christmas / They're cutting down trees / They're putting up reindeer / Singing songs of joy and peace / Oh I wish I had a river / I could skate away on / But it don'
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Sarah McLachlan – Good Enough
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[Verse 1] / Hey your glass is empty / It's a hell of a long way home / Why don't you let me take you? / It's no good to go alone / I never would have opened up / But you seemed so
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Sarah McLachlan – I Love You
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I have a smile / Stretched from ear to ear / To see you walking down the road / We meet at the lights / I stare for a while / The world around us disappears / It's just you and me
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Sarah McLachlan – Wait
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[Verse 1] / Under a blackened sky / Far beyond the glaring streetlights / Sleeping on empty dreams / The vultures lie in wait / You lay down beside me then / You were with me every
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Sarah McLachlan – Witness
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Make me a witness / Take me out / Out of darkness / Out of doubt / I won't weigh you down / With good intention / Won't make fire out of clay / Or other inventions / Will we burn
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Sarah McLachlan – Stupid
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Night, lift up the shades / Let in the brilliant light of morning / But steady me now / For I am weak and starving for mercy / Sleep has left me alone / To carry the weight of
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Sarah McLachlan – The Rainbow Connection
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[Verse 1] / Why are there so many songs about rainbows / And what's on the other side? / Rainbows are visions, but only illusions / And rainbows have nothing to hide / So we've
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Sarah McLachlan (Ft. Diana Krall) – Christmas Time Is Here
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[Verse 1] / Christmas time is here / Happiness and cheer / Fun for all that children call / Their favorite time of year / [Verse 2] / Snowflakes in the air / Carols everywhere
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Sarah McLachlan – Ordinary Miracle
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[Intro] / It's not that unusual / When everything is beautiful / It's just another ordinary miracle today / [Verse 1] / The sky knows when it's time to snow / Don't need to teach a
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Bryan Adams & Sarah McLachlan – Don't Let Go
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[Verse 1: Bryan Adams and(Both)] / I can't believe this moment's come / It's so incredible that we're alone / There's so much to be said and done / It's impossible not to be
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Sarah McLachlan – Surrender and Certainty
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[Verse 1] / Smooth stones down by the waterside / Give in to ebb and flow / Collide in blindness embrace and part / No fear of letting go / There's no fight to get ahead / Nowhere
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