I know  all the old patterns 

Because I live by the sea

And what I translate in water 

It won't come back to haunt me

So cut another pattern 

To make a suitable friend of me

And in your illumination is your apology


What we keep of last night while we sleep

It's what we keep of last night 

While we sleep


And I watch your grave 

Be written all over your face

On the longest day 

When midnight tries to take my place 

As still as I watch your face 

Be written all over your grave

Should have passed like hours 

Passed like years but felt like days


And you live in the shadows

Of the evenings you mislead

But they're too real to be forgotten

If you choose the right company

And I run each finger through the dust

And only through your hair in sleep

But it's like the first breath in the morning

And it brings the past back to me


What we keep of last night when we sleep

It depends what we keep of last night While we sleep


And I watch your grave 

Be written all over your face

On the longest day 

I watched people fight to take my place

As still as I watch your face 

Be written all over your grave

Should have passed like years 

Passed like hours lost in days


And I watch your grave 

Be written all over your face

On the longest day 

When midnight tries to take my place 

As still as I watch your face 

Be written all over your grave

What should have passed like hours Passed like years passed like days