Sunset at Maria's (Part II)

The sunset's carved, into a Grecian sky Into clouds of marble With veins of orange rays of light Commissioned by you and I And I'm not one for a throwaway line But tonight I love you and I mean it On this sacred day, of St Constantine My heart's still for a change As if my worry's taken leave And it's as foreign as the liturgy The priest echoes through the valley Over loudspeaker from the Monastery And the procession bleeds down the mountainside I saw the faithful sweat All overdressed and working overtime Keeping the embers of their faith alive I remember what that feels like Only little of my faith survived The lime tree stands at the foot of the stairs Grown through thistle, stone, wind and storms Proud as a monument A symbol of the life we share The pleasure of the fruit it bears The struggle makes it sweeter yet In the gentle gaze of your Aegean eyes Lies a certainty on which I confess I've come to rely The look that everything's gonna be alright You know, you know it's no lie Tonight, I love you and I mean it On the anniversary of nine years past You said any fool can fall in love But few can make it last Given the chance they let it come undone And of all I've heaped in darkness You're the bright and golden sun And as the day fades into monochrome Windows light in the valley Becoming a galaxy of our own Tonight, I love you and I mean it