I used to catch a glimpse of heaven
When you smiled at me
Radiant and perfect and mine
For an instant, and then, you fade away again
Into the reaches of my mind
Desperately searching for words
Hopeless and pleading and waiting
But there's a hand in my mouth and there's fire in your eyes
So I'm silent. Watching you recede
Watching you recede
All that I have left of you are footprints in the sand
Oh half remembered flame behind your eyes
I, like a fool, stood and watched you recede
Into the reaches of my memory
And pretty soon I'll catch myself
Forgetting your face
Your outline's just a shape in the mist
I reach out my hand, I reach out my hand
And you dissipate, you dissipate, smoke in the wind