I see you, now and then, in dreams;
your voice sounds just like it used to,
I know you better than I knew you then,
all I can say is, "I love you,"
I thought our days were commonplace;
thought they'd number in the millions,
Now there's only the aftertaste of circumstance
that can't pa** this way again.
Treasure of the broken land,
Parched earth, give up your captive ones,
Waiting wind of Gabriel,
blow soon upon the hollow bones.
I saw the city at its tortured worst,
and you were outside the walls there,
You were relieved of a lifelong thirst,
and I was dry at the fountain,
I knew that you could see my shame,
but you were eyeless and sparing,
I awoke when you called my name,
I felt the curtain tearing.
Treasure of the broken land,
Parched earth, give up your captive ones,
Waiting wind of Gabriel,
blow soon upon the hollow bones.
I could melt the clock hands down,
but only in my memory,
Nobody gets a second chance
to be the friend they meant to be,
I see you now and then in dreams;
your voice sounds just like it used to,
I believe I will hear it again,
Oh, how I love you.
Treasure of the broken land,
Parched earth, give up your captive ones,
Waiting wind of Gabriel, blow soon upon the hollow bones, oh.