I watched a tragedy occur and
unfold petrified to the verycore
of my soul Who knew
I'd never get a chance to grow old
and see new tragedies occur
and unfold
I counted hours counted days
and then years while I gradually
succumbed to my fears became
inanimate like lost mountaineers
I tried to scream for help
butall I could hear was the distant echo
of a lost mountaineer I had reached
the peak and I was falling
'cause at the top of the world
the only way is down
I sensed a growing shortage of
oxygen decreased awareness4
of the mess I was in
but the view from the world's
highest mountain was the most
beautiful thing I'd ever seen
I tried to scream for help
but all that I heard was the tragic echo
of the loneliest word I had reached
the peak and I was falling
'cause at the top of the world
the only way is down