i admire you from afar you ve changed the way i see i used to think that i should make you be like me but after this short time watching what you do i realise that i should strive to be like you whenever i am near you i tread so awkwardly afraid someone may steal you i guard you jealously then sing the world your praises let everybody know that i just saw the future a place i want to go i admire you from afar i hear you when you re talking untouched simplicity alive with expectations in search of what might be i admire you from afar then sing the world your praises i hear you when you re talking then sing the world your praises i hear you when you re talking then sing the world your praises 