Digital Ghost

I believe in the afterlife
We walk the ancient pathways of the sky
through Heaven's hallowed halls
Cross the epochs and the eons carved in time
Our drift through life is mist,
a smoke-filled mirror gone, returned to dust
There's a chill in the air tonight
as what once was has passed on through and gone
Enduring anthems crossing time and crossing miles
Charismatic countenance upon a distant fading smile
I walked for hours and I never felt the rain
(Oh, I never felt the rain)
And through your window, just your shadow will remain
Only your shadow remains
Ashes to ashes they say, then dust to dust,
and what was unbroken divides
And the answer to this mortality walking on by
The circle remains here, my friend
We guard it with trust,
and cast what remains to the sea
In our wailing we will suffer, no last goodbye
The empty days go by,
fending off the slow decline of fall
Raise your head up high
and let the sorrow sing into your soul
Oh, I'm never gonna be the same
Echoes of this ghost song fade away
Enduring anthems crossing time and crossing miles
Sail on forever, sail unto your rest from trials
Sing songs of wisdom, sing that chilling last refrain
(Now I sing your last refrain)
And through your window, just your shadow will remain
Only your shadow remains
You chart your life into a tidy little graph
of where you've been, all you've seen
But then there suddenly comes
a day you reach the end,
but only to the life you knew