You rise like a wave in the ocean
And you fall gently back to the sea
Now I want to know how to hold you
Return to me

You shine like the moon over water
And you darken the sky when you leave
Now I want to know how to keep you
Return to me
Turn to me

Everything I tell you has been spoken
And everything I say was said before
But everything I feel is for the first time
And everything I feel, I feel for you

I am here calling the wind
I am here calling your name
I am here calling you back
Return to me

I know what it means to be lonely
And I know what it means to be free
Now I want to know how to love you
Return to me

I am here calling the wind
I am here calling your name
I am here calling you back
Return to me

I am here
Return to me


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Return to Me Lyrics as written by Julie Flanders Emil Adler

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    sony canceled their contract so they broke up. when I first saw their video "bury my lovely" the hair stood up on my arms and I was hooked forever.

    lordnecronon August 24, 2008   Link
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    Amazing song.

    qzpmon October 05, 2002   Link
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    i loooooooooooove this song

    haywoo1129on April 21, 2003   Link
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    whatever happened to this band? They were so great...

    chududeon June 13, 2003   Link
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    so winderful a song!!!! my god!!!

    sunlaugh786on October 16, 2004   Link
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    This song is one of those with the power to strongly pin up certain memories. As for me, automatically it takes me back to 1995. But I think the lyrics are not well developded. I think they could have benefited from a deeper and richer imagery.

    Nonetheless, it is a beautiful piece which still holds magic in between its lines.

    Alienoon October 25, 2013   Link
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    I have no response to this song -- or, indeed, to a good half of those two October Project albums with Mary Fahl -- but to break down and sob. Devastatingly beautiful.

    raffishtenant2on November 24, 2007   Link

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