Story Behind The Song

In Joe's words: The main riff of the song came to me one morning while unloading the buses at my school, and I wrote the lyrics very quickly that night, starting (as I usually do, for some reason) with the second verse. Ron added the descending riffs at r

Lyrics

We were like twin streams, two entwining themes
Mingled by a playwright
Funny how it seems we can have our dreams
But they vanish in the daylight

Spoken words can lie, even love can die
I awake and you?re not there
Midnight velvet sky, I sit alone and cry
But the stars don?t seem to care

And the Song of the Swan is in my head
For the love that we shared is lying dead

Hang my head in shame, give myself the blame
Only wishing you were near me
I still feel the same, and I call your name
But you?re not there to hear me

And our love lies in pieces on the ground
And my heart gently breaks without a sound

Girl when you were mine, kisses flowed like wine
And my cup was overflowing
Now I look to find that I?m left behind
And I don?t know where I?m going

And my cup?s running over with despair
For the love of a woman who?s not there
And the tears are softly flowing from my eyes
For the swan sings but once, and then it dies