We flew above the clouds, never touching, always held
The love we shared awoke me to my dreams
The roaring of the ocean we created from our tears,
The way my heart beat rhythm to your wings

You gave me wings, as black as life, as beautiful as death
You were my friend, my poetry, my light
And now I'm back alone, I'm not the same, I could have grown
But all I have are memories of flight

I loved you for another, for another you loved me,
And yet we shared beyond what others know
The joy we lay before ourselves, the fears of all our friends,
The searing pain of having to let go

You gave me wings the colors of a hyacinth macaw
You were a rainbow when grey filled all my sight
And now I'm back alone, I'm not the same, I could have grown
But all I have are memories of flight

(Instrumental bridge)

The beauty of your spirits and the song that my heart sings
Will reach out through the world and lift the wind beneath our wings

You gave me wings; you carried me above where I could go
You lifted me and helped me find the sky
I'll never be alone, I'm not the same, I must have grown
I've spread my own white wings and learned to fly
Without you, I will spread my own wings and fly

Written 1998 by Mordewis ap Llys (Gerald L. Bliss) on 9/8/98 (1st and 2nd choruses and most of final chorus) and 10/25/98 as a birthday present for Aramina Rose and Irysa RavenForest, January 17/18, 1999.

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