[Intro - lonely piano, distant thunder, slow building strings] (Tsani...) (Tsani...) [Verse 1 - tender, nostalgic] I remember stage lights burning I remember summer rain Lutes and Roses on the tavern stage And seeing you smile my way I remember all those letters Every word beneath the moon A thousand miles between our heartbeats Yet somehow you still filled the room I remember Eastgarde Hospital The white sheets and the pain That damned Ettin nearly took you THIS CAT came anyway [Pre-Chorus - building] And for a moment The whole world disappeared Just you and me [Chorus - soaring power ballad] AND IT ALL COMES BACK TO ME NOW The fire, the fight, the fall The letters written by candlelight The shadows on the wall AND IT ALL COMES BACK TO ME NOW Every promise somehow No matter how far we run from it It all comes back to me now [Verse 2 - darker] Then the world was collapsing The dead were gathering near The harbor full of frightened faces And the end was drawing near I remember that damned mayor Dragging me into a torture room THIS CAT said somebody ought to stop him You said "Not like that" and BOOM I remember your eyes flashing Like storm clouds before the rain Then you raised that loaded crossbow And nothing was the same [Pre-Chorus] The dead were at the gates Yet somehow We were the battlefield [Chorus - bigger] AND IT ALL COMES BACK TO ME NOW The fire, the fight, the fall The crossbow pointed at my chest The writing on the wall AND IT ALL COMES BACK TO ME NOW I still don't understand how The khajiit THIS CAT loved the most Could aim and not look down [Instrumental Break - dramatic piano, electric guitar swells] [Verse 3 - present day, wounded] And gods know we kept trying Again and again somehow One more night beside the campfire One more kiss we'd disavow Then another hard decision Another line drawn in the sand You saw a monster in tiger form THIS CAT saw a leader who'd take a stand Christian says I should forget you Move along and let it die Yet every time you start purring The years go rushing by [Bridge - thunder, choirs, drums exploding] YOU WERE THE LETTERS! YOU WERE THE STAGE LIGHTS! YOU WERE THE REASON THIS CAT CAME HOME! YOU WERE THE MOONLIGHT! YOU WERE THE ONLY THING THIS CAT COULDN'T HOLD! THEN CAME THE CROSSBOW! THEN CAME THE MAYOR! THEN CAME THE WORDS WE CAN'T TAKE BACK! AND EVERY TIME I SEE YOU SMILING GODS HELP ME IT ALL COMES RUSHING BACK! [Massive Guitar Solo - soaring, emotional, operatic] [Final Chorus - maximum power ballad] AND IT ALL COMES BACK TO ME NOW The letters and the rain The hospital and Eastwater The love and all the pain AND IT ALL COMES BACK TO ME NOW Every fight somehow The crossbow and the candlelight The then and the now AND IT ALL COMES BACK TO ME NOW Though gods know I don't know how No matter how many years go by It all comes back to me now [Outro - piano, thunder fading] (Tsani...) I still remember the letters. (Tsani...) And THIS CAT still remembers you. [End]
