And one the I came to you for an answer
and you didn't know what to say
If I got to know
why don't I ask her
maybe we should just call it a day?
And you know I can't even phone you
whenever I need to hear your voice
and you know I can't even see you
I know you at least do have a choice

You tell me news about your children
I trusted you to meet mine
but all your news are news of sorrow
although you claim you're doing fine
And you say you can live with it
surviving one day at a time
Your disguise is getting weaker
and I can see your darker side

All alliances fall apart
if you don't commit your heart
and yours has long gone left
and roamed down the roads so dark

I look at you, and you look tired
like your heart is about to break
I offer my heart and try to save you
then maybe I could save myself
You say "If only things were different
and had not turned out this way..."
I wonder if there is more than your pride
that stops you from getting away

I try to tell you that I love you
your silence testify your fear
just like you face a nervous breakdown
if you for once release your tears
So you play your part as a martyr
save your children as a slave
you race to keep up with your conscience
I just hope you can save yourself

This is the lay of the land
please accept my caring hand
maybe I could help you figure out
the things you don't understand

I'd like to think that you are happy
but I believe that you are not
maybe you just got so Goddamn tired
you settled for the things you got
And you ask me for a treatment
I prescribe you take the harder way
sacrifice your safety for a future
and restless nights for better day

I recall you once said you loved me
for my meanings and my guts
I hope that you ine day will call me
and express your love and trust
but I'm afraid that I will lose you
you cannot face the words I say
and one day you'll call to tell me
I'd better stay away

All alliances fall apart
if you don't commit your heart
when I was ready to forge a new
you made clear you'd played your part

I never meant to cause you any sorrow
any problems or no pain
I'll remember you for years after
you have forgotten my name
and when you say you cannot meet me
you say my days are numbered
in your heart
and you can no longer hear my heart beat
to keep you from falling apart

This is the lay of the land
my heart is in your hands
and if you leave me behind
it is still in your command

Your smile revealed
a whole new world to me
.....

The Lay Of The Land pt 2
(Ottershagen)