When you were a bird, I cut off your wings
We looked at the sky, and I asked you to sing
And it was a sweet song, sad and serene
You wish you could fly, and I said it's a dream
Oh it's all a dream, just a dream

When you were the moon, I sat by the sea
I held back the tide, and I said you were free
But in it was something I never gave you
And it pulled you down, back into the blue
Back into the blue, into the blue

When we were in love, when I was a child
When we were the waves, and time was a smile
When I had a soul and you had the same
When I'm gone away, I'll remember your name
I'll remember your name, your own name

When you were a bird, I cut off your wings
We looked at the sky, and I asked you to sing
And it was a sweet song, sad and serene
You wish you could fly, and I said it's a dream
Oh it's all a dream, just a dream