First time that I saw her she had white doves in her eyes She spoke to me but I could not reply, not reply She was a stranger I had known for years She brought to me so many smiles and tears, smiles and tears The two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer ("Time") Time it slowly drips into the past, into the past And finds a home where all echoes rest, where echoes rest ("With a cold rest") She softly kissed my mind, my mind, and whispered what will we do with time, do with time The two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Am I the man I choose to be, choose to be, Or just the man I used to be, used to be Am I the man I want to be, I want to be this question, it keeps haunting me, haunting me The two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer