Standing by the fire. We burned ourselves again I take your hand and walk you through the rain I know that you can see the world in color Yet paint it your own way The guiding hand of a child in need to play And the road goes ever on Stumbling in the water. I barely see my feet It won't take long before we're in too deep The house of cards has crashed down like thunder In a beautiful descent. The grand finale of our accomplishments Take me back so I can see ‘Cause I find it so hard to believe We were ready, we were ready Now the road goes ever on Showing what we have become And slowly we will come undone Like wanderers in the desert sun And the road goes ever on Where there's smoke there's fire, it shouldn't be hard to see That the smoking gun was always you and me Now there is a shadow in the distance looming our way The phantom of the debt we never paid Take me back so I can see ‘Cause I find it so hard to believe We were ready, we were ready Now the road goes ever on Showing what we have become And slowly we will come undone Like wanderers in the desert sun And the road goes ever on Where there's smoke there's fire, it shouldn't be hard to see The smoking gun was always you and me I'll learn to change my mind, I'll adapt if we would try But the sun has burned out I stumble in the dark reaching for the sun And a life that's just begun For you and for me Take me back so I can see Was it always meant to be The finale draws near And the road becomes clear The future's gone but the road it goes forever on