JUST A NAME
You are cleaner than the glacier as it drips into the lake
They can bottle you and drink you, but they won’t know how you taste
You are wild as the mountain, you’re unbridled and untamed
It’s a shame that on the radio you’re only just a name
You are smoother than the river and the river is so smooth
Dancing through the rocks, giving body to the grooves
You are brighter than the candle, you are hotter than the flame
It’s a shame that on the radio you’re only just a name
Well if fame was made of feeling, then we’d both be superstars
But they cannot hear our heartbeats as they listen from afar
And they cannot see you shiver as the lyrics leave your veins
It’s a shame that on the radio you’re only just a name
You are patient as the raindrop as it sits atop the leaf
Ready for the moment when its weight will be released
You are sweeter than the sugar as it grows within the cane
It’s a shame that on the radio you’re only just a name
You are ancient as the water at the bottom of the well
Harboring the memories that only depths can tell
You are older than the stories, you’re the gods before they came
It’s a shame that on the radio you’re only just a name
Well if fame was made of feeling, then we’d both be superstars
But they cannot hear our heartbeats as they listen from afar
I don’t blame them for believing that your beauty can’t be sold
You’re too young to be a legend, and your songs are far too bold
You’re too pretty for the picture, you don’t fit within the frame
It’s a shame that on the radio you’re only just a name