Memory extends its empire, holds the frame
but blurs the line... some other time invades the sense,
a moment caught and lost, second sight.
Suddenly I feel you near me worlds away and close as this;
one stolen kiss upon my lips and
the moment slips away in mid-flight.

So many years ago, and now it's hard to recall
just what you meant to me... still I wait, I'm patient,
for the memory comes to me eventually.
Here you are, and though you may soon be gone
somehow the song still burns as bright:
I felt it happen here tonight -
here, in the empire of delight.

Dream and ghost the world around me,
you seem as real as ever you were...
but in a blur your breath on my cheek
has gone, and the evening come into night.

So many years ago, and now it's hard to recall
quite what you meant to me; still I wait, impatient,
though the memory comes to me eventually.
Here I am, forever caught up in this mystery
and then, that moment when the fire ignites -
I felt it happen here tonight,
here, in the empire of delight.