So many portraits of people i once knew,
so many opportunities that i blew.
i think about them nearly every day,
but some i wish, would fade away.

broken fragments of the past,
so much love that never lasts.
scattered memories frozen in time,
a shiny picture, a beautiful lie.

Variations of time long past,
i left them at the bay, when i let loose the mast.
i think about them nearly every day,
but some i wish, would fade away.

Its a beautiful painting, as old as time,
heartache and pain mixed in with the die.
scattered memories frozen in time,
a shiny picture, a beautiful lie.


plenty of love, plenty of heartache,
I'm still alive, no need to remake.
i think about them nearly every day,
but some i wish, would fade away.

can you see beyond this splintered frame?
these bleeding smiles among the colorful array.
scattered memories frozen in time,
a shiny picture, a beautiful lie.

All of the time that has passed with them,
don't compare to you, my one and only gem.
now those old memories remain portraits.

when im with you, these colors glow,
i can put down the camera,
leave the pictures alone.
as pieces of a broken past...
ready to find happiness at last.

I thought about them nearly every day...
scattered memories frozen in time,
but when im with you they fade away...
that shiny picture, the beautiful lie.

because when im with you.....
because when im with you,
the world just shines.