You Walked Away

Of all the ways to leave a lover

we chose the worst one, I bet

No chance to hide or run for cover

assassinated instead

Taking the wrong turn, we're too far gone

now that our blue turns to grey

I brought the strings and you played a last song

then I took the train the next day

When you called me on the phone

said you gotta be on your own

but I still thought I'd be coming home

We went for a walk in the evening twilight

Just like we did it before

Making plans for a future so bright

unwary on that score

Waiting for hours at the railway station

lighting a candle for you

But while listening to your explanation

I realize that we're through

The two dragons on the wall have gone

the heart-shaped picture that he'd drawn

Back in the wasteland of a dawn

So long ago in Kernow on a full moon's night

A promise made under the silver starlight...