at the heart of me

i could fly away, leave for good today, to a new world somewhere far beyond, or you could set sail, for the sun's fading trail, and i could watch you till you're gone, but it wouldn't matter now, no it couldn't change what i see, if a thousand miles lay between us today, you're still at the heart of me, if your face can't be, ever here before me, i can always hold you in my mind, and live in the past, your ghost gave up at last, more real now than passing time, but it wouldn't matter now, it couldn't change what i see, if a thousand miles lay between us today, you're still at the heart of me, time's been a shroud, and it's left me confused, surrendered to pain in the name of a truth, that sang in my ear all that i stood to lose, come what may, our faith is a well, and down deep i can tell, i'm as thirsty as a mortal can be, silence abounds, and it's ringing through town, like a bell swinging high over me, and it wouldn't matter now, no it couldn't change what i see, if a thousand miles lay between us today, you're still at the heart of me, if a thousand miles lay between us today, you're still at the heart of me