Song Lyrics

Somewhere behind the conscious edge
The truth is lying
Hidden away from praying eyes
It keeps on shining
Thousand Chinese boxes
Thousand Chinese boxes
Mask my mind

Right round a corner of the soul
The heart is dying
I fight to save it in spite of all
I keep on trying
Thousand Chinese boxes
Thousand Chinese boxes
Guard my mind

Now tell me what you can see
Behind the curtains of my mind
Look they're just shadows of mine
The real me is out of sight

Dark walls
Narrow drawers to contain our love
For there's no hope of life outside this maze
The smallest box
Is our safe place

Just down the recollections road
A dream is sleeping
I try to remember on tiptoe
I don't want wake it
Thousand Chinese boxes
Thousand Chinese boxes
Hide my mind

Stuck in the crossing of our lives
The faith is freezing
It rather dies there than admit
You were just faking
Thousand Chinese boxes
Thousand Chinese boxes
Screen my mind

Now tell me if you can see
Beyond the mirror on my face
That's a reflection of me
The real me is too hard to get
Dark walls
Narrow drawers to contain our love
For, there's no hope of life outside this maze
The smallest box
Is our safe place
Somewhere behind the conscious edge
Right round the corner of the soul
Just down the recollections road
There you can find the smallest box

Barbara Benedetti

The duration of Chinese Boxes is 5:01 minutes and seconds.