I hear the timer ticking slow tonight Red shadows move like questions on the walls We wait for hidden images to rise While silver turns the silence into something we can’t hide I found an ancient camera on a tray Still holding faded secrets from another century You turned to me and softly said, “Look close—the picture’s coming through” Every second changes what we see Every shape reveals another piece In the dark, the truth develops slowly And you’re the only light I need It’s gonna take a flash to pull my eyes from you There aren’t a thousand colored lights that ever could I bless the dark that hides us in this room We’re gonna take our time And let these quiet feelings bloom In the dark Coming through In the dark I’m seeing you The paper floats inside the bath of gray And empty shapes exchange their ghosts for sudden clarity We hold a disappearing piece of day While silver keeps the traces that the light would leave behind I try to follow every line upon your face No longer frightened by the image we have made The closer that I look at you The less I want to turn away Every second changes what we know Every hidden color starts to show In the dark, the truth develops slowly And I don’t want to let it go It’s gonna take a flash to pull my eyes from you There aren’t a thousand colored lights that ever could I bless the dark that hides us in this room We’re gonna take our time And let these quiet feelings bloom Wait now The photograph is waiting there for you Don’t move The light is breaking through We were only shadows without names Now every silver line remembers us this way It’s gonna take a flash to pull my eyes from you There aren’t a thousand colored lights that ever could I bless the dark that hides us in this room We’re gonna take our time And let these quiet feelings bloom I bless the dark that hides us in this room (In the dark, it’s coming through) I bless the dark that hides us in this room (In the dark, I’m seeing you) I bless the dark that hides us in this room (Gonna take our time) I bless the dark that hides us in this room (Let the image come alive) It’s gonna take a flash to pull my eyes from you There aren’t a thousand colored lights that ever could Gonna take some time To let these quiet feelings bloom
