I remember the nights I watched you lay sleeping
Your body gripped by some far away dream
Well I was so scared and so in love then
And so lost in all of you that I had seen

[Chorus]
But no one ever talked in the darkness
No voice ever added fuel to the fire
No light ever shone in the doorway
Deep in the hollow of earthly desires
But if in some dream there was brightness
If in some memory some sort of sigh
And flesh be revived in the shadows
Blessed our bodies would lay so entwined
And I will oh I will not forget you
Nor will I ever let you go
I will oh I will not forget you

I remember when you left in the morning at daybreak
So silent you stole from my bed
To go back to the one who possesses your soul
And I back to the life that I dread
So I ran like the wind to the water
Please don't leave me again I cried
And I drew bitter tears at the ocean
But all that came back was the tide

[Chorus]


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I Will Not Forget You Lyrics as written by Darren Phillips Sarah Ann Mclachlan

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    I think this one is about a woman who married a sailor or an explorer. He went back to sea--the one who possesses his soul, who he loves more than her. So when she finds he's gone, she runs down to the ocean and finds his ship has sailed.

    leahclaireon February 16, 2007   Link

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