Shadow's Play


There's a letter I never sent
Sitting in a drawer upstairs
Words I couldn't say out loud
When you were standing there
Now the years have come and gone
And I'm still holding on
To all the things we might have been
If I'd been less afraid back then

And I wonder if you think of me 
When the night gets long 
Or if I disappeared completely 
Like I was never there at all

Time keeps moving like a river
While I'm standing on the shore
Watching all the might-have-beens
Float away forevermore
I wanted you, you wanted something else
Now I'm left here with myself
And photographs and empty rooms
Where love came close but left too soon

I see you sometimes in my dreams
Looking just the way you did
Before the world got in the way
Before we both learned how to hide
You're smiling like you used to smile
Before the distance grew
And for a moment I believe
That I could still reach out to you

And I wonder if you think of me 
When the night gets long 
Or if I disappeared completely 
Like I was never there at all

Time keeps moving like a river
While I'm standing on the shore
Watching all the might-have-beens
Float away forevermore
I wanted you, you wanted something else
Now I'm left here with myself
And photographs and empty rooms
Where love came close but left too soon

There's a photograph I keep
Hidden in a book
Of you and me when we were young
With a sweet and innocent look
All the promises we made
Soon turned into dust
Now all I have are memories
To faded for me to trust

And I wonder if you think of me 
When the night gets long 
Or if I disappeared completely 
Like I was never there at all

Time keeps moving like a river
While I'm standing on the shore
Watching all the might-have-beens
Float away forevermore
I wanted you, you wanted something else
Now I'm left here with myself
And photographs and empty rooms
Where love came close but left too soon

Where love came close but left too soon
Yeah, love came close but left too soon


Love Came Close But Left Too Soon

Yonder Window (What Are The Stakes?)

Coming Home to You

Coming Home To You


There's a garden behind the mirror
Where the trees grow upside down
And the rivers run with silver
Through a never-sleeping town
The key's been in your pocket
All this time you didn't know
Just turn it counter-clockwise
And watch the colors flow

What’s beyond the door?
What’s beyond  the garden door?
What’s beyond  the door?
What’s beyond that garden door?

The shepherds lost their cattle
When the fences turned to smoke
The clockmaker's tower crumbled
When the seventh bell awoke
Now the children lead the elders
Through the fields of shifting light
And the blind man sees tomorrow
In the middle of the night

Beyond the garden door
Where the old rules don't apply
Where the ground meets the sky
And nobody asks why
Beyond the garden door

They built their walls with hate
Locked the gates with fear and stone
But shadows disappear at dawn
And the ghosts leave you alone
The sleeping giant's waking
The tide is turning anew
The story that they told us
Was never really true

What’s beyond the door?
What’s beyond  the garden door?
What’s beyond  the door?
What’s beyond that garden door?

There's a language made of lightning
That the old folk do not speak
And the mountain bows to greet you
When you climb to find its peak
The compass spins in circles
North becomes the south
And truth pours like water
From the thirst desert's mouth

Beyond the garden door
Where the old rules don't apply
Where the ground meets the sky
And nobody asks why
Beyond the garden door

What’s beyond the door?
What’s beyond the garden door?
What’s beyond the door?
Open the garden door…


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Jesmin Nahar

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