Sanctity of Silence

The years they come and the years they go
To love someone is to watch them grow
You said hold me
And so I do

The fading light it moves so fast
You pull me close, you say we're alone at last
Now you can hold me — I want you to hold me
And so I do, of course I do

In the sanctity of silence
As the wind sweeps through the islands
And I'm staring at the darkness that's coming soon
As you look at me you're crying
Then a tear falls from my eyelids
If you're living then you're dying, what's left to choose?
But I feel it in the moment and I say it now I know it
I want to grow old with you

Through the city streets that are crumbled and cracked with load
You grab my hand, and say that's where the garden grows
I want you to love me — just love me
And so I do, of course I do

In the sanctity of silence
As the wind sweeps through the islands
And I'm staring at the darkness that's coming soon
As you look at me you're crying
Then a tear falls from my eyelids
If you're living then you're dying, what's left to choose?
But I feel it in the moment and I say it now I know it
I want to grow old with you

Now I'm looking back, as I so often do
On late afternoons making love to you
Oh how I loved you, yes I loved you
And I still do
Of course I do