As the years pass as they should
Seems like only yesterday
That I stood
By a man whose eyes
Were turned up to the sun
Though I never asked his name
Everyday he was there
Just the same
Waiting for someone
Who never seemed to come
I wonder why I couldn't see before
And notice he wasn't there anymore
Until I found the message
Hanging from my door
As I read I didn't make a sound
'Til it slipped from my hands
And fluttered down
Suddenly my knees grew weak
And I feel to the ground
That's when my tears
Fell on the letter
I could hear his voice so clear
Within my mind again
And I know that now
His love would live forever
'Cause his heart was beating
There inside the words
He left behind
In the days that followed on
And the moments searching
Where he had gone
Everything was like a blur
Until I learned
And although I was afraid to see
The truth was starting
Right in front of me
Somehow I knew that this was
What was meant to be
(Chorus)
That's when my tears
Fell on the marker
As I touched the name
I hadn't seen before 'til then
And I promised that
One day we'd be together
Somewhere far away
Where I'd stand by his side again
And as my tears
Fall on the letter
I can hear your voice so clear
Within my mind once more
And I know that now
My love will live forever
(Chorus)
That's when my tears
Fell on the marker
As I touched the name
I hadn't seen before 'til then
And I promised that
One day we'd be together
Somewhere far away
Where I'd stand by his side again
And as my tears
Fell on the letter
I can hear your voice so clear
Within my mind once more
And I know that now
My love will live forever
For a heart that's beating
There inside the words
You left behind
"If you find this message that I left behind"
"You'll know that time has pulled me away from you"
"And though I don't know who you are"
"And I am far away, I love you all the same"
"Even though you will never know my name…"