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I was looking for a pencil, a stamp, anything at all
To distract me from the writing on my office wall
But my fingers brushed a corner, of a memory pressed in card
A faded photograph, the finding left me scarred
It was us at Miller's Point, the sun was in your hair
You're looking at the camera with a look I can't repair
A smile so full of future, so trusting and so bright
It bleaches out the darkness of this everlasting night
Oh, faded photograph, in this dusty desk drawer
You show me a man I ain't anymore
With his arm around the world, and his heart upon his sleeve
A fool who still had something to believe
Faded photograph, you're a beautiful, brutal lie
A snapshot of a summer that was destined to die
I remember the picnic, the cheap red wine we shared
The way you pointed at a cloud and said you really cared
The blanket was a kingdom, the city was a toy
We were just a happy girl, and a fortunate boy
No cases going cold, no shadows on the street
Just the rhythm of your heartbeat, a melody so sweet
I trace your paper face now, and the ache is like a stone
For the man I was, the love we'd known
Oh, faded photograph, in this dusty desk drawer
You show me a man I ain't anymore
With his arm around the world, and his heart upon his sleeve
A fool who still had something to believe
Faded photograph, you're a beautiful, brutal lie
A snapshot of a summer that was destined to die
They say you can't go back, and I know that it's true
The man in that picture, he was erased by you
But for one stolen moment, in this artificial light
I'm back there on that blanket, holding you so tight
Then the desk lamp flickers.. and the moment's passed
Just a faded photograph.