Hope to See

Your face expresses its years so seriously

As the lamplight draws dark circles round your eyes

And your mouth twists unexpected fate

Into its natural shape

And turns the dark into another form of light

Time expresses itself so suddenly

People pass like strangers in the night

They're just doing what they think is right

On into an older way of life

Where the dark is just another form of light

Every single thing I ever hope to see

I held in my hands

In the hope I'd never turn into the man

I'm expected to be

And what you hold in your hands

Is lost to memory

Dry your eyes in round circles

'Cause you've been pulled into the ocean

On an undertow of all our lonely hearts

But solitude feels the same whoever you blame

Don't let darkness become another form of light

Every single thing I ever hope to see

I held in my hands

In the hope I'd never turn into a man

I'm expected to be

Now I know that nothing is lost to memory