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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sting
Vocals
Kipper
Keyboards
Donal Hodgson
Programming
Danny Quatrochi
Performer
Dominic Miller
Guitar
Jason Rebello
Piano
Manu Katché
Drums
Vincent Colaiuta
Drums
Jeff Young
Performer
Chris Botti
Trumpet
Clark Gayton
Trombone
Christian McBride
Double Bass
Dave Hartley
Performer
Joy Rose
Vocals
Lance Ellington
Background Vocals
Donna Gardier
Background Vocals
Ada Dyer
Background Vocals
Aref Durvesh
Performer
Jacqueline Thomas
Cello
Levon Minassian
Performer
Valerie Denys
Castanets
Bahija Rhapl
Additional Vocals
Choeur de Radio France
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sting
Composer
Dave Hartley
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sting
Producer
Kipper
Producer
Simon Osborne
Mixing Engineer
Hopps
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
Let me watch by the fire and remember my days
And it may be a trick of the firelight
But the flickering pages that trouble my sight
Is a book I'm afraid to write
It's the book of my days, it's the book of my life
And it's cut like a fruit on the blade of a knife
And it's all there to see as the section reveals
There's some sorrow in every life
If it reads like a puzzle, a wandering maze
Then I won't understand 'til the end of my days
I'm still forced to remember
Remember the words of my life
There are promises broken and promises kept
Angry words that were spoken, when I should have wept
There's a chapter of secrets, and words to confess
If I lose everything that I possess
There's a chapter on loss and a ghost who won't die
There's a chapter on love where the ink's never dry
There are sentences served in a prison I built out of lies
Though the pages are numbered
I can't see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
Another book of my life
There's a chapter on fathers, a chapter on sons
There are pages of conflicts that nobody won
And the battles you lost and your bitter defeat
There's a page where we fail to meet
There are tales of good fortune that couldn't be planned
There's a chapter on god that I don't understand
There's a promise of Heaven and Hell but I'm damned if I see
Though the pages are numbered
I can't see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
In the book of my life
Now the daylight's returning
And if one sentence is true
All these pages are burning
And all that's left is you
Though the pages are numbered
I can't see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
In the book of my life
Writer(s): Gordon Matthew Sumner
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