[Verse 1]
The dawn is touching many sleeping windows
With its fingers burning coldly in the mist
And the sea at man is restless with its seaweed nerves awoken
And its dreams of ages long ago have been disturbed

[Verse 2]
And I'm standing in the shelter of the eastward searching sky
And I'm searching for a peace that I have lost
And the soul of me is screaming with the gannets and the gulls
And it is hopeless for I know that I am lost

[Verse 3]
For you are far away across the swirling plain that is before me
A year ago I said goodbye and wondered at the dryness of my eyes
As you walked quickly through the ripple, wrinkled sand
Out of my life, and I could never understand the reason why
You never turned to wave a last goodbye

[Verse 4]
You can see the place where once we walked with heads together talking
And our feet, its shrinking footprints left a sign
That we were no summer lovers and the walls were down between us
And we thought as one and there was shining in our eyes

[Verse 5]
A thousand words that we would not have time to say
And all the thoughts that I had never thought before
And you once whispered 'this is one for everything that happens'
And the things we said were ancient and unknowing
And our hands were always touching
For it just was not enough to only see you
[Verse 6]
And the Sun has thrown the world in spinning circles
Once again the dawn is bridging night and day
And I stare at the horizon, to its shimmers in the distance
Are the tears in my eyes or is the sun too strongly shining?

[Verse 7]
All the clouds in silence sobbing in the sky of dawning beauty
And the dawn and new beginning and suddenly I know that it is over
And the sorrow washes through me, touching all my being with coldness
That I know is only passing for the hurt begins to fade

[Verse 8]
And at that instant turning, I can see creation in a single beam of sunlight
And I thank you for the lesson that I'm learning
For you gave me my first love and that is surely the most precious gift
I thank you from the bottom of my broken heart