if you intend
written by natalie merchant
performed by 10,000 maniacs
from the album Our Time In Eden

if you intend to live again
then open your eyes and don't pretend
you're feeling there's nothing worth believing

god if you persist
you'll die like this
and wither in the midst
of your first season
cut down with no reason
how can you be so near
and not see everything

if you intend to live again
then take the outstretched hand
of one who needs you
it's been so long
we've missed you
why do you intend to speed your end
lie in the dark
and let your limbs grow weaker
sinking low then deeper
how can you be so near
and not see everything

feel what might be
see what I see
again and again
again and again
say you don't
you say you don't
but you will

how can you be so near
and not see everything