He tried to tell her, and she thought it right   Hand in hand they marched on through the night   He knew the answers, she'd hoped to find   It'll just take a little time   Just a little bit of time   It wasn't easy, but how could they fail   Though love can blind you, just like a veil   He knew the prize was worth the strain   There was so very much to gain   So much love was there to gain      And they flew so high   They lifted off the ground   They locked themselves away   In the magic they had found   Every day they tried to make paradise their aim   In the end there's nobody to blame   There's never anyone to blame      Avoiding the shadows, they struggled on   Went up and down, did right and wrong   Misunderstandings were pushed aside   And the gap became too wide   You can not bridge a gap so wide      Though they flew so high ...      Nothing unusual, no big event   Only time and the way that it was spent   They missed the signs to walk away   Circumstances made them stay   Much too late to break away      And they flew so high ...