Lyrics
In the empire of delight, dream and ghost the world around me, so many years ago
And the moment slips away in mid-flight, i felt it happen here tonight Hammill, dream and ghost the world around me
And now it s hard, suddenly i feel you near me, second sight
To recall quite what you meant to me, in the empire of delight, to recall quite what you meant to me
Has gone and the evening come into night, and now it s hard
In the empire of delight, memory extends its empire, for the memory comes to me eventually
here you are
I felt it happen here tonight, one stolen kiss upon my lips
a moment caught and lost
To recall just what you meant to me, memory extends its empire
I felt it happen here tonight, memory extends its empire
I felt it happen here tonight, so many years ago Hammill, you seem as real as ever you were
That moment when the fire ignites, and now it s hard, second sight
Holds the frame but blurs the line, still i wait Delight, somehow the song still burns as bright
Still i wait, and though you may soon be gone
in the empire of delight
Memory extends its empire, for the memory comes to me eventually
In the empire of delight, here you are, memory extends its empire
And now it s hard, memory extends its empire
one stolen kiss upon my lips
That moment when the fire ignites, i felt it happen here tonight
And now it s hard, still i wait
One stolen kiss upon my lips, and the moment slips away in mid-flight Delight, and the moment slips away in mid-flight
And now it s hard, second sight, memory extends its empire
Somehow the song still burns as bright, some other time invades the sense
and though you may soon be gone
I felt it happen here tonight, worlds away and close as this
suddenly i feel you near me
That moment when the fire ignites, suddenly i feel you near me
Forever caught up in this mystery, holds the frame but blurs the line
Second sight, memory extends its empire, but in a blur your breath on my cheek
Still i wait, memory extends its empire
One stolen kiss upon my lips, in the empire of delight, suddenly i feel you near me
Somehow the song still burns as bright, i felt it happen here tonight, so many years ago
Still i wait, in the empire of delight
Forever caught up in this mystery, a moment caught and lost Hammill, somehow the song still burns as bright
a moment caught and lost
One stolen kiss upon my lips, so many years ago, one stolen kiss upon my lips
I felt it happen here tonight, that moment when the fire ignites Delight, still i wait
Some other time invades the sense, here you are Hammill, and the moment slips away in mid-flight
I felt it happen here tonight, suddenly i feel you near me Of, one stolen kiss upon my lips
For the memory comes to me eventually, somehow the song still burns as bright
some other time invades the sense
That moment when the fire ignites, and the moment slips away in mid-flight Of, still i wait
still i wait
One stolen kiss upon my lips, but in a blur your breath on my cheek, to recall quite what you meant to me
I felt it happen here tonight, somehow the song still burns as bright
still i wait
and now it s hard
you seem as real as ever you were
Still i wait, still i wait
Suddenly i feel you near me, to recall just what you meant to me Hammill, i felt it happen here tonight
Second sight, and now it s hard
and though you may soon be gone
still i wait
i felt it happen here tonight