See it burn
The image of your face
The shadow of a friend
Arises from your place
Words don't lie
They shape all your dreams
They'll bind you
Into reality
The time will come
When with elation
You will great yourself
Arriving at your own door
In your own mirror
Stay with me
For a while
Time will hold your hand in mine
Give back to this stranger
Then you'll see
There is love after love
Leave your heart by the door
Smile for the sweetness
You've been longing for
The past seeps under
The skin that lifts you up
Begging to remember
Love can raise you up
Give back your heart to itself
To the stranger who has loved you all your life
Whom you ignored for another
Who knows you by heart
Stay with me
For a while
Time will hold your hand in mine
Give back to this stranger
Then you'll see
There is love after love
Wonderful
To have you here
To have you sit and smile
And worry to yourself
Do you know
The strength you need
When the only one
To love is yourself
Stay with me
For a while
Time will hold your hand in mine
Give back to this stranger
Then you'll see
There is love after love
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf
The photographs, the desperate notes
Peel your own image from the mirror
Sit, feast on your life