Hours By The Window
(King/P. Gould)
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day and night 
by the window 
of my mind 

there you are 
in the courtyard 
one last time 

the singing of a famous song I've never heard before 
a man without a shadow slowly walking past my door 
my mind projects a face soon to be free of misery 

the chiming of some distant bell that echoes in my heart 
a dance upon the flagstones to the music of the stars 
a mother's name that lingers on a soothing summer's breeze 

all alone I said no prayers today 
I couldn't kneel to please the god that failed you 
now you're gone I'll sit and spend each day 
hours by the window 

morning comes 
to my rescue 
once again 

whispers in the corridor and footsteps in the hall 
my only point of reference now the sunlight on the wall 
it draws me to the window where my dreams are memories 

a step beyond the line where sunken eyes avert their gaze 
an endless tract of time reveals a thousand silent ways 
all searching for an answer to life's deepest mysteries 

on the ocean of pure time I sail away 
I go and these four walls will not contain me 
maybe there I'll see your face again 
hours by the window 

all alone I said no prayers today 
I couldn't kneel to please the god that failed you 
what I'd give to see your face again 
hours by the window