Requiem

I’m driving back to that seaside town, first time since you’ve gone
We used to drive up here together singing Beatles songs
Snow is falling, John Lennon’s singing hide your love away
I turn it off, don’t want to hear John’s lonely words today

In town I see you everywhere and then you slip away
Like the colors that you took with you when you left that day
Now you’re laughing, telling stories near that little shack on the pier
But it’s boarded up, I turn away from there

I used to believe in so many things
And that love is stronger than anything

You left in darkest winter, didn’t think that it would end
And we must stay without you, can spring ever come again?
Then here along this snowy beach road, desolate and grey
The first bluebells, blue like your eyes, greet me today

I’m back here at the beach, and you’re laughing in the waves
Oh, to be back there now when I thought I could keep you safe
Then the sun goes down and here they are the colors you stole away
In the blue green sea your laughter in the crimson sun your face
In a thousand years you’ll still be here, in these clouds this sand, this sky these waves

I used to believe in so many things
And that love is stronger than anything

The stars cascade above me on the road as i drive home
Paul comes on singing Yesterday, and I try to sing along
In a thousand years, I won’t be here, just this broken-hearted song
And though my love was not enough to keep you here for very long
I know that you can hear me, 'cause my love is just that strong
My love is just that strong