and through the life force
and there goes her friend
on her nishiki it's out of time
and through the portal they can make amends
hey would you say whatever
we're blanket friends
We sat with the window open
To let the autumn night in.
The breeze held your hair behind your gaze
As I held you with mine.
Bells for Her drifted over the silence
Of the trees rustling,
The piano leaving ripples
As I sat waiting
For waves to build
And break.
and through the walls they made their mudpies
I've got your mind I said
she said I've your voice
I said you don't need my voice girl
you have your own
but you never thought it was enough of
When you spoke you had strength
Only to speak.
I had strength only to listen.
You said I had given you
Your old self back.
I said you gave
My new self to me.
You never did understand
The games that I ignored
Or the walls that I walked through.
I never understood
The games I still played
Or the walls I remained behind.
We were two candles
Casting each other's shadows.
The more you flickered
The more my shadow weakened.
The more I flickered
The steadier you became.
I never noticed how calm you were
In the breeze.
I was too tired from shifting
To stay the same.
can't stop what's coming
can't stop what is on its way
bells and footfalls and soldiers and dolls
brothers and lovers she and I were
now she seems to be sand under his shoes
there's nothing I can do
I watched you as you looked
At the trees in the wind.
You never did meet my gaze.
You said my look was too intense
As if I were trying to see through you.
You knew of course that I was.
I asked why you seemed so distant.
The window caught your reply:
There are many kinds of distance.
and now I speak to you
are you in there?
you have her face and her eyes
but you are not her
I asked when the distance would leave
But you did not shift your gaze.
When you said Don't hold your breath
I wondered why I felt
I had run out of air.
We were two candles
Casting each other's shadows
And I did not know
My shadow any more.
can't stop
can't stop loving
can't stop loving
can't stop what is on its way
and I see it coming
and it's on its way