strange how you know inside me    I measure the time and I stand amazed    strange how I know inside you    my hand is outstretched toward the damp of the haze       and of course I forgive    I've seen how you live    like a phoenix you rise from the ashes    you pick up the pieces    and the ghosts in the attic    they never quite leave    and of course I forgive    you've seen how I live    I've got darkness and fears to appease    my voices and analogies    ambitions like ribbons    worn bright on my sleeve       strange how we know each other       strange how I fit into you    there's a distance erased with the greatest of ease    strange how you fit into me    a gentle warmth filling the deepest of needs       and with each passing day    the stories we say    draw us tighter into our addiction    confirm our conviction    that some kind of miracle    passed on our heads    and how I am sure    like never before    of my reasons for defying reason    embracing the seasons    we dance through the colors    both followed and led       strange how we fit each other       strange how certain the journey    time unfolds the petals for our eyes to see    strange how this journey's hurting    in ways we accept as part of fate's decree       so we just hold on fast    acknowledge the past    as lessons exquisitely crafted    painstakingly drafted    to carve us as instruments    that play the music of life    for we don't realize    our faith in the prize    unless it's been somehow elusive    how swiftly we choose it    the sacred simplicity    of you at my side