Childhood's End? lyrics

And it was morning,

And I found myself mourning

For a childhood that I thought had disappeared.

I looked out the window

And I saw a magpie in the rainbow, the rain had gone,

I'm not alone, I turned to the mirror, I saw...

You, the child, that once loved.

The child before they broke his heart,

Our hearts, the heart that I believed was lost.

Hey, you, surprised? More than surprised

To find the answers to the questions

Were always in your own eyes.

Do you realize,

That you could have gone back to her,

But that would only be

retracing all the problems that you ever knew.

So untrue,

For she's got to carry on with her life

And you've got to carry on with yours.

So I see it's me, I can't do anything

I'm still the child,

'cos the only thing misplaced was direction

And I found direction.

There is no childhood's end.

There is no childhood's end,

'Cause you are my childhood friend,

'Cause you are my childhood friend.

Oh, lead me on...

Hey, you, you've survived,

Now you've arrived to be reborn

In the shadow of the magpie.

Now you realize

That you've got to get out of here.

You've found the leading light of destiny

Burning in the ashes of your memory.

You want to change the world?

You'd resigned yourself to die a broken rebel,

But that was looking backward,

Now you've found the light,

You, the child that once loved,

The child before they broke his heart,

Our hearts, the heart that I believed was lost

So it's me I see, I can't do anything,

I'm still the child,

'Cause the only thing misplaced was direction

And I found direction.

There is no childhood's end,

There is no childhood's end,

There is no childhood's end,

I am your childhood friend.

Oh, lead me on...

• Artist:Marillion
• Album:Misplaced Childhood (1985)