After Eight

Every morning when I wake up

I look out for you sleeping next to me

I want to feel your arms around me

Hear you breathing, your heart pound

Then I close my eyes and dream of you

On the day we changed our vows

It's been years since I last saw you

When they took you away from me

I can't imagine of your days

In the valley of broken dreams

Fighting an enemy unknown

For a ghastly cause

Don't know if you know that I've been waiting

Evenings after eight

Don't know if you know that I've been crying

For you after eight

Days are painfully long without you

I feel adrift in the sea

Like my life was put on hold

Until you return to me

Without a compass to advise me

Who's going to guide us through

I fear that you have changed

Into something I won't recognize

So at evenings I head

For the place where you said goodbye

Everyday I have to pretend

That you'll come around

Don't know if you know that I've been waiting

Evenings after eight

Don't know if you know that I've been crying

For you after eight