Came from the west, only to fly again
The eyes that see, the lips that tell no lies
Nobody's guest, dressed like a mannequin
Put out to see before the ship had sails

I have always dreamed that somewhere in your heart
There's a guiding light still shines
For our lives and times we should have spent together
But we passed each other by like seasons out of time

Easter you left, changed more than anyone
I asked you why, you told me, 'just because'
Nobody guessed, under your influence
The man I am is not the man I was

We have lived our lives across this great divide
I couldn't make you change your mind
And we almost glimpsed a promise of forever
But we passed along the way like seasons out of time

Somtimes everything is hard to hear
Let go, following without a care
Still now, though it's hard to understand
We built on shifting sand

Somehow memories are more than this
Set free only with a deathly kiss
And now when the restless hour is high
A million stars go by

We never can remember all the lives we've lived before
The days decline in number, slip the ropes away from shore
Whenever Heaven calls us there's regret and comprimise
And in another distance lies a past unrealised
Where are you now? Who are you now?
Is anyone really gone?
In all the world, in all this space, the race is run

I have always dreamed that somewhere in your heart
There's a guiding light still shines
For our lives and times we should have spent together
But we passed each other by like seasons out of time


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    This song is a moving song about living in the moment and not putting things or people off to tomorrow. Two people who choose different paths and the regret when that they didn't make the most of time together when one is gone but they continue to be a beacon in the other's life. Where are you now? Who are you now? Is anyone really gone?

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