Already Gone

Like the light that's resting on the leaves

Like the scent that's carried on the breeze

Like footsteps in the falling snow

Turn around

It's already gone

There's something kept here that I want to keep

Something hidden I don't want to hide

It rises in me like a tide

I know I've had it so long

I don't want it no more

Under the darkest of winter skies

The trees stood naked and sweet

I walked that land through to the spring

But by harvest time

I was already gone

Maybe her love would have carried me to the end

Maybe she meant every word that she said

Maybe she wasn't just passing time

I don't know

I was already gone

There's something kept here that I want to keep

Something hidden I don't want to hide

It rises in me like a tide

I know when anyone's here

They've already gone

He was that boy who's playing in the sand

The one with a smile for everyone

But even though the night was just beginning

He was already gone

Like the light that's resting on the leaves

The scent that's carried on the breeze

Like her love among the falling snow

Turn around

It's already gone