When you told me   You heard the winds cry   And then you told me   You felt the seas die   And then you showed me   The flight of seagulls   And whispered gently   The party is over   Then   Then I knew it was time      You looked so tired then   Bereft of beauty   I knew that long ago   Your heart had stopped   But all this beauty   But all these shadows   As if to say yes   To life was pointless   And then   Then I knew it was time      In a small park   Just down from Soho   You gestured wildly   But meaning nothing   And all the fountains   Shouted surrender   And all the trees bowed   At my betrayal   And then   Then I knew it was time      No words have substance   No words are better   Than when I held you   Ragdoll defeated   So drained of bright light   So full of hatred   With your soul crumbling   Parted for flowers   I should   Have you told   It's just time      And then we looked up   Urbi et orbi   I saw the stars merge   Over St. Patrick's   You said I am finished   I am mist and foglight   And slipped so sweetly   Into your grace   If only   If only it was only time      And now it's eight years   Since I last saw you   And all the starlight   Is now as nothing   The letters all burned   The kisses complete   And all the coupling   Llong forgotten   And you long dead   Damned or forgiven      It was no dream