I was tryin' to find someone to love me Then I did and she was dancin' Across the room with the lights on her half-closed eyes So then I took another drink and stumbled Across to her and said somethin' ridiculous Like a man who'd refuse to shine ♪ See I was looking for a still life Now it is stillborn In the endless glow, on a river of road I drove out of the eye of the storm I was trying to write a song so articulate It could right my wrongs but I wrote it wrong This is not it, it's just a field day for a therapist (And what did you dream?) That I wrote a song (And what did it mean?) That I got it wrong, I don't know I don't know ♪ See I was looking for a still life Now it is stillborn In the endless glow, on a river of road I drove out of the eye of the storm Did I know it then? Did I cry out then? By the blooming tree in Switzerland? No I never really know No I never really know What I can do about it If I lie down on the dirty ground Would you hear the angels sing? ♪ Still life Now it is stillborn In the endless glow, on a river of road I drove out of the eye of the storm Still life Now it is stillborn In the endless glow, on a river of road I drove out of the eye of the storm