If you wait for me
then I'll come for you
Although I've traveled far
I always hold a place for you in my heart


If you think of me
If you miss me once in awhile
Then I'll return to you
I'll return and fill that space in your heart


Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
If you'll be waiting


If you dream of me
L like I dream of you
In a place that's warm and dark
In a place where I can feel the beating of your heart


Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
If you'll be waiting


I've longed for you
A and I have desired
To see your face your smile
To be with you wherever you are


Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
Please say you'll be waiting


Together again
It would feel so good to be
In your arms
Where all my journeys end
If you can make a promise
If it's one that you can keep
I vow to come for you
If you wait for me


And say you'll hold
A place for me
I in your heart.


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    This song is simply beautiful. I cry every time I hear it. When I first fell in love with this song, I thought it wsa about lover being separated and fearing separation. But after I saw Remember Me, I listened to this song and I find a whole new meaning. I think teh speaker is singing to someone that is dead. They want the dead loved one to come back for them but they can't. The speaker remembers their wonderful qualities and wants nothing more than to be with them again. I've longed for you A and I have desired To see your face your smile To be with you wherever you are

    Remembering Your touch Your kiss Your warm embrace I'll find my way back to you Please say you'll be waiting

    Together again It would feel so good to be In your arms Where all my journeys end If you can make a promise If it's one that you can keep I vow to come for you If you wait for me

    But that's how I view the song now. No matter the message you get from this song, I hope you can feel the emotion in the lyrics and instruments.

    LillyLullabyon March 15, 2010   Link

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