Building some covers of my favourite songs of the past to add to my album. This one ended up a lot different from what I had planned but I really like it. This song is dedicated to my beautiful wife. This was a song about the thoughts swirling through my mind before I caught a flight to the US to live with her. Enjoy friends <3 <3 <3 ----------------------------- [VERSE 1] I held my gaze a second long the shutter snapped the light was strong I didn't mean to stare so deep a mental picture I would keep But in that flash of sudden white you changed the focus of my sight A single moment, sharp and true now all I see is shades of you [PRE-CHORUS] I shut my eyes to find the black but there's no way of turning back The colours flip, inverted hue The darkness looking back at you [CHORUS 1] You're the after-image in the frame I’ll never see the world the same I see the years, the depth of field A future that is now revealed Developed in the dark of sleep A resolution buried deep I'm ready now to let it start to focus in upon your heart [VERSE 2] Most visions fade into the grey they wash out in the light of day But you are burned onto the glass a vivid scene that will not pass I walk the streets and see the signs of how the aperture aligns I want to live inside the view and spend my time engaging you [PRE-CHORUS] I shut my eyes to find the black but there's no way of turning back The colours flip, inverted hue The darkness looking back at you [CHORUS 2] You're the after-image in the frame I'll never see the world the same I see the years, the depth of field a future that is now revealed Developed in the dark of sleep a resolution buried deep I'm ready now to let it start to focus in upon your heart [BRIDGE] It's like I've lived this life before walking through an open door The negative is developing a portrait of the life you bring [FINAL CHORUS] You're the after-image in the frame I'll never see the world the same I see the years, the depth of field a future that is now revealed The snapshot of a memory of everything we’re going to be I'm ready now to let it start to focus in upon your heart
