Ghost story (25 years)

I watch the western sky, the sun is sinking

The geese are flying south, it sets me thinking

I did not miss you much, I did not suffer

What did not kill me just made me tougher

I feel the winter come, his icy sinews

Now in the firelight, the case continues

Another night in court, the same old trial

The same old questions asked, the same denial

The shadows close me round, like jury members

I look for answers in the fire's еmbers

Why was I missing then, that whole Dеcember?

I give my usual line: I don’t remember

Another winter comes, his icy fingers creep

Into these bones of mine, these memories never sleep

And all these differences, a cloak I borrow

We kept our distances, why should it follow

That I must have loved you?

What is the force that binds the stars?

I wore this mask to hide my scars

What is the power that pulls the tide?

I never could find a place to hide

What moves the Earth around the sun?

What could I do but run and run and run?

Afraid to love, afraid to fail

A mast without a sail

The moon's a fingernail and slowly sinking

Another day begins and now I'm thinking

That this indifference was my invention

When everything I did sought your attention

You were my compass star, you were my measure

You were a pirate’s map of buried treasure

If this was all correct, the last thing I'd expect

The prosecution rests, it's time that I confess:

I must have loved you

I must have loved you

I must have loved you

I must have loved you