"Nicholas"

"NICHOLAS"

*Click below to hear a midi version of the sheet music:
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Verse One:
Nicholas holds moon beams in his hands,
In a world where no one understands.
The thunder roars like a metal band,
Far above the churning ocean sands.
Nicholas holds moon beams in his hands.

Verse Two:
Nicholas is fighting with the wind,
In a night that seems to know no end.
In a room a candle is burning,
Across time the tides are turning,
Nicholas is fading in the wind.

Chorus:
Nicholas lives with ghosts
Beneath a starless sky.
His angels hold his heart;
His demons close his eyes.

But Nicholas, it seems,
Has traded in his dreams,
And so the shadows hide
My sweetest friend from me.

Verse Three:
Nicholas is singing to the night.
In a haunted place, far out of sight,
His angel's wings won't give him flight.
The Devil's flame is his only light.
Nicholas is howling at the night.

Verse Four:
Nicholas is just a memory,
In a mind to which he held a key.
And though history's call may tempt me,
I know the hour glass is empty.
It's all just a distant memory.

Chorus:
Nicholas chases stars
To fill an empty sky.
He hears his angels cry,
But shields himself with lies.

Now Nicholas, it seems,
Is in and out of dreams,
But tomorrow might
Just bring him back to me.

-j.a.s.- 5/08

Inspired by "Beautiful Boy", a book by David Scheff about his son's battles with addiction.