Flame Within the Sun

I lost my sweet Simone on a blanket by the sand.
The tide was going out and I asked her for her hand.
But there were debts to the angels she said she had to pay.
I could not keep from crying as she stood to walk away.

But she said, "Hey love, you forget so easily!
Hey love, don't you know you are a part of me?
One day you'll understand how two can still be one.
For you are hidden in my heart like a flame within the sun.
Hidden in my heart like a flame within the sun."

That night, I was woken by a wedding in the street.
I saw seven grooms on horseback carrying golden sheaves of wheat.
And among them was my sweet Simone in a bridal dress of white.
I cried down from the window, but she just rode into the night.

And I said, "Hey love, you forget so easily!
Hey love, you said you'd always stay a part of me!
I may not understand how two can still be one,
but I've kept you in my heart like a flame within the sun.
Hidden in my heart like a flame within the sun."

And I've got so good at waiting,
waiting for the things I've lost to come and call.
Sometimes I think I'm nothing but my patience
and that's the hardest part of all."

I saw my sweet Simone in a dream the other night.
Her hands were cracked and wrinkled and her hair had all grown white.
And she nursed a little baby that she held upon her knee.
But when she raised it up into the light, I saw that it was ME.

Oh I see love! I finally understand!
I see love is not a woman or a man.
And all the years I've wasted waiting for someone to come,
love was hidden in my heart like a flame within the sun.
Hidden in my heart like a flame within the sun.
Now I'm free to be the light that I had always hoped would come.
Hidden in my heart like a flame within the sun.
Hidden in my heart like a flame within the sun

Tam Lin