Hello, love that once was true

Hello, Love That Once Was Not every star can keep its flame till dawn Not every fire can warm a winter gone Through centuries of tales where lovers weep We were just one brief moment in that deep But in that moment, you lit my longest night But in that moment, you warmed my coldest height Amid the crowded tides we held each other tight Then time moved on and we went separate ways in flight Hello, hello, love that once was mine Autumn wind returns, and I recall your shine Hello, hello, fading silhouette Thank you for that journey, in our youth we met I hid you deep within my blood's own stream You became the gene within my life's long dream No more fever, no more ache, no more lost in you Just some night I smile, remembering what was true Time has brewed the rapture into subtle scent Time has turned the anguish into glimmers faint We are not the grandest story ever told Yet in each other's night, we shine like gold Hello, hello, love that once was mine Beneath autumn moon, I greet your name in line Hello, hello, past we can't reclaim I plant you in my heart, to walk with me till sky's end came Hello, love that once was true Hello, that year, that me, that you Now I've learned to keep you in the quiet deep Only some nights, with you, I breathe, and gently sleep