Gone - that moment just passed by
It's written in the sky out there
I hope it's somewhere
Pictures - the remnants of our lives
No camera can see quite that far
It can't see how we are
CHORUS:
I hope when I die
I can somehow still be with you
And re-live right now
That's all I really want to do
If time forgets when we were together
I hope the angels will remember
Smiles a million lifetimes wide
And all the tears we've cried can't be
Like drops in the sea
The big screen
That flashes at the end
I hope it lifts us high and then I will get
To see you again
CHORUS
Take a picture of this with your heart and keep it safe forever
Take a picture of us with your heart and we will be together
CHORUS
Gone - that moment just passed by......
Notes: This one's about being with my kids. I was playing in the backyard with them, just having the full on daily peak experience and thinking "Man, I hope when I die I get to see this again". Another thing....ages ago, I think it was '91, I helped out at a Youth at Risk camp in L.A. They took (take?) inner-city kids out to the mountains and did self-empowerment type things with them, including a ropes course. Being on the team I got to do some of the ropes events. Anyway, so there I am hanging out over a cliff with this man (Dean Spillane - I still remember his name!) saying to me "take a picture of this with your heart". At the time I thought he was NUTS! I mean I'm hanging out over a cliff and he's talking about taking pictures with body parts! But it always stayed with me....and found it's way into the bridge of this song. Thanks, Dean.
It's written in the sky out there
I hope it's somewhere
Pictures - the remnants of our lives
No camera can see quite that far
It can't see how we are
CHORUS:
I hope when I die
I can somehow still be with you
And re-live right now
That's all I really want to do
If time forgets when we were together
I hope the angels will remember
Smiles a million lifetimes wide
And all the tears we've cried can't be
Like drops in the sea
The big screen
That flashes at the end
I hope it lifts us high and then I will get
To see you again
CHORUS
Take a picture of this with your heart and keep it safe forever
Take a picture of us with your heart and we will be together
CHORUS
Gone - that moment just passed by......
Notes: This one's about being with my kids. I was playing in the backyard with them, just having the full on daily peak experience and thinking "Man, I hope when I die I get to see this again". Another thing....ages ago, I think it was '91, I helped out at a Youth at Risk camp in L.A. They took (take?) inner-city kids out to the mountains and did self-empowerment type things with them, including a ropes course. Being on the team I got to do some of the ropes events. Anyway, so there I am hanging out over a cliff with this man (Dean Spillane - I still remember his name!) saying to me "take a picture of this with your heart". At the time I thought he was NUTS! I mean I'm hanging out over a cliff and he's talking about taking pictures with body parts! But it always stayed with me....and found it's way into the bridge of this song. Thanks, Dean.