[Intro]

Thinking back, it seems that I

Can lie beside you as I never truly did

In afterglow -

No afterwords at all

Only writing love songs when it's gone and dead;

Only paying words out in strings of half-forgotten sentiments...

I mean...

I meant...

I never really quite could say the way it was

[Verse 1]

The first time that we met I said, "I bet that she's the one"

But I was talking to myself then, as always

As time went by our steps entwined, unwritten lines drew taut

And I tried to find a way to make it all safe...

Into the play - what a production! -

Into the days and ever more suction:

You hold me close, hold me farther

Away from yourself - I make me a martyr

For pain and love go hand in hand...

And hand in hand go you and my friend

You are his and I am yours and just cannot evade you;

My days a dream, my nights unseemly

Stolen moments all I live for

But theft is no way to persuade you

To come with me, leave him behind you;

My hurtful eyes try to remind you

It's all I can do to keep from screaming

"I love you, I love you!" - I wish I was dreaming

But the steps we take all leave footprints...

[Bridge]

Sooner or later the whole thing will be blown:

You will leave him or I'll be left here, alone

Either way someone loses someone

But I won't mind that, I just would quite like to know

Who we love the most -

Well, I guess that's ourselves

[Verse 2]

The days are strange, at night we're strangers

Lie in bed and lie inside our heads

We come no closer than as dancers

Your eyes are change, your presence danger

Won't look me in the face and yet

You kiss and make up the answer

To all the questions that fly unanswered, unreasoned -

Death in the sky, death in the season

If you leave me now, it might nearly kill me...

Remember me?

Remember we three?

[Pre-Chorus]

It all seemed so important at the time

We came so close to wrecking all our lives

And now it's all just song lines

[Chorus]

Oh, time heals

Oh, time heals

Oh, time heals -

[Post-Chorus]

Oh, but I still bear the weals

Oh, but I still bear the weals

Oh, but, oh but I still bear the weals

[Outro]

Thinking back, it seems that I

Can lie beside you as I never truly did

In afterglow -

No afterwords at all

But I'm only writing love songs when it's gone and dead

And I'm only paying words out: streams of half-forgotten sentiments...

I mean...

Oh, no, no, I meant...

I never really quite could say the way it was