Garden of Remembrance lyrics

He hears a voice, he tries to recognise the source

and place the name

A face so familiar, the smile soft and warm

The memory evades him, his mind wanders on

Down rabbit holes, a darkened maze, a place to hide

and be alone

Where thoughts land like snowflakes in the palm of his hand

Swift melting moments, his tears a surprise

He tries to remember just what made him cry

With the beautiful stranger who was holding his hand

He's lost between the here and now

Somewhere that he can’t be found

She's still here

Her love a ghost of memory, she'll wait for an eternity

He's still here

The empty room, moth-eaten curtains, drunken drapes

hold back the light

But for solitary sunbeams on dull chandeliers

Colourless butterflies, their fate now revealed

In silken webs, forever held within the sails of yellowed shrouds

That gather dust above the dancehall floor

The silent space, she stands alone and in her heart

she hears the sound

The sweet lift of music that drew them so close

Their first dance together with a world at their feet

Not so long ago

He’s lost between the here and now

Somewhere that he can’t be found

She's still here

Her love a ghost of memory, she'll wait for an eternity

He's still here

They work the soil, they sow the seed

They're side by side upon the earth

Growing together, now forever apart

With a love so embracing held in their hearts

But nothing between them, no memories shared

No recognition in his soft, pale green eyes

He's lost between the here and now

Somewhere that he can’t be found

She's still here

Her love a ghost of memory, she’ll wait for an eternity

He's still here

He's lost between the here and now

Somewhere that he can’t be found

She's still here

Her love a ghost of memory, she’ll wait for an eternity

He's still here

And they're still here