Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Back to the reason part ii

Back To Reason (Part II), Trans-Siberian Orchestra From the 2004 album: The Lost Christmas Eve Words: Paul o'Neill Music: Paul o'Neill and Jon Oliva Tempo: Slowly BPM: 60 Key: Eb (Cm) Timing: 4/4 [Narration] N.C. Now that young girl, outside the store Was trying to capture snow's magic But each flake melted at her touch Which her young mind found quite tragic And while chasing an elusive snowflake That was determined to reach the ground She bumped into the businessman passing by And nearly knocked him down And thinking she was in trouble The child quickly apologized But the man was not accepting it She could see it in his eyes She explained she had been looking in the toy shop That tomorrow would be christmas day But the man muttered words she could not understand So she searched for something else she could say "do you have any children?" the child asked the man "no," was his instant reply And though he said it in his firmest voice In his heart he knew he had lied The girl was getting on his nerves Which were already shot Something about her bothered him But he could not say quite what Then he noticed the time was approaching midnight What was she doing on the street? When he asked the girl this question The child seemed to retreat She said she was staying with her parents At the hotel, right next door They were there for just this one night In room twelve twenty-four Then he said, "you best get back there As quick as you can fly! " And he watched as she ran all the way Until she was safely back inside Then he took several steps In the direction towards his home But then he hesitated And took out his mobile phone And called up the institution Where he had left his son To find out if he was still there and alive Wondering if the past could be undone The operator who answered, searched the computer To see if the child had survived And she was sincerely happy to tell him "your son is no longer here, but he is still alive!" Then the lady who was very kind Said, "if you have a short while I can give you all the information That is here inside his file I see that at the age of twelve He had finally learned to walk And could understand most things people said But has never learned to talk He's living uptown in the bronx At a boarding house hotel" And then the lady gave him the phone number And hotel's address as well And for the first time in many years The man thought about his life And all the things he had left behind And, of course, he thought about his wife And he wondered if she had lived The things they might have done But really most of all right now He thought about his son [Verse] 1 [Chorus] [Verse] 2 [Chorus] [Bridge]