all this time

All this time, we were only what we dreamed

and all those dreams were true.. But we never really knew

and all this time, we shared a perfect love

and all that love was always enough

time to dream.. Of autumn days and summer nights

time to love.. In the sweet glow of candlelights

So all this time, we never thought would end

and then the end would leave us in emptiness

We could have forever in our hands

loneliness was never in our plans

could we ever disappear like footprints in the sand?

Understand that life is such a slender thread

take my hand and remember the things we said

I see it all so perfectly

stopping in a shop to try a hat on

laughing till we couldn't breathe

in the park, that bench we sat on

sharing all my secret fears

I never told to anybody

how you tried to hide your tears

when you gave yourself to me

All this time, you promised me you'd never leave

all this time, can it last for eternity?

A seed is planted then it grows

how it happens, no one knows

flowers opens to the sun

We're blinded by the beauty of it

The petals fall and soon they fade

all this wonder, blown away

on the winds of time they ride

the flower's gone and the plant has died

from it all there springs a seed

nature understands just what is needed

the send is in the ground and then

the cycle can begin again

All this time we had our day

though the night is on its way

now I see.. now I know

that I can finally let you go

All this time, you promised me you'd never leave

all this time, can it last for eternity?