Beyond The Gate

Lyin' here In the bedroom I still wish that we could share But you're beyond the gate Your pillow stays Almost exactly where you left it yesterday But you're beyond the gate I turn to speak Like you might answer from the other side of sleep But you're beyond the gate And in this frame You're looking back at me and nothing seems to change But you're beyond the gate I won’t make a grave out of loving you I won’t let goodbye become our fate You were more than what I lost here More than what the years can take And if somewhere you remember All the little things we made Keep a little place beside you Beyond the gate A year has gone Summer disappeared beneath an autumn dawn And you're beyond the gate I’ve grown wiser But the photograph still keeps you as you were Beyond the gate People still ask What you were to me and what they ought to call that But you're beyond the gate I never know How one little word could hold what only we would know Now you're beyond the gate Love you forever If forever had no end I could wait here forever Just to hear your voice again You were my friend My lover My companion Dancing Partner And now... My brother beyond the gate And I still leave A little room For you I won’t make a grave out of loving you I won’t let goodbye become our fate What we had was more than losing More than what the years can take And if somewhere you still know me When my face has learned its age Keep a little place beside you Beyond the gate If I someday hear you calling From a place I cannot make I’ll know you kept that place beside you Beyond the gate Your picture stays Right beside me while another evening fades And for tonight I’ll pretend you're only sleeping Somewhere safe Beyond the gate