At a High Window Lyrics

Has it been all these years
Since last we were parted?
I think of you often this time of the day
I'm at a high window
Overlooking the harbour
Looking into my heart
I find nothing to say.
The moon shines like silver coins
Tossed on the water
A soft rain has sweetened the cool evening air
And now your memory comes round
Like a beggar, beside me
And plucks at my sleeve
And says "pretend you don't care."

We stood facing each other
At the moment of parting
The parting glass bitter as gall in my mouth
For though you stood there before me
Your heart had turned homeward
Sure as the geese in the autumn turn south
Hope rose in my throat
Like a bird at a window
I started to speak
And your eyes looked away
And then the silence grew heavy
And the moment passed by us
And so in the end
There was nothing to say.

And there are nights
I pretend still
I told you I loved you
In that last wasted moment as your hand drew away.
But you rolled up your windows
And my voice wouldn't carry
I watched the back of your head
As your car drove away
And I've prayed for forgiveness
For the sins I've committed
When my steps were unsteady
And I faltered and fell
But for the sin of my silence
There can be no forgiveness
And this pain in my heard
Is a foretaste of hell.