Sloan Square in a rush, awakened by the sound of sliding doors
Stabbed by neon light and shaken by a memory out of years
Every girl I see before me wears your face. I stand and stare
Back in time and half dream-crazy, in the moment frozen there
Turn back time and fold it like a page you've read already
Change the words. Do this when your heart's unsteady
Suns will rise, stars will fall; old love comes back to claim us all
They watch me in the window mirror, psycho on the Circle Line
Half in laughter, half in terror, taking up their space and time
I'm hanging onto bar and pillar, strung between the now and then
Tunes remembered, words forgotten, hallelujah or amen
Way back when, we burned so brightly; ashes both with summer done
Strange how old love lies in waiting, far from time when it began
Gloucester Road, the story's over, doors fly wide, it's time to go
Every girl has turned away now, strangers in the undertow