Perfect Strangers

 

Can you remember, remember my name

As I flow through your life?

A thousand oceans I have flown

And cold spirits of ice,

All my life

I am the echo of your past.

 

I am returning the echo of a point in time.

Distant faces shine.

A thousand warriors I have known

And laughing as the spirits appear.

All your life

Shadows of another day.

 

And if you hear me talking on the wind,

You've got to understand:

We must remain

Perfect strangers

 

I know I must remain inside this silent

Well of sorrow

 

A strand of silver hanging through the sky

Touching more than you see,

The voice of ages in your mind

Is aching with the dead of the night.

Precious life!

 (your tears are lost in falling rain)

 

And if you hear me talking on the wind,

You've got to understand:

We must remain

Perfect strangers.