Fountain of Sorrow

Now the things that I remember seem so distant and so small
There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes

You were turning 'round to see who was behind you
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight
Although for a while, our path did seem to climb
You've had to struggle, you've had to fight

I'm just one or two years and a couple of changes behind you
And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool
You've had to hide sometimes but now you're all right
And I took your childish laughter by surprise
And while the future's there for anyone to change
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
Still you know it's seems
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
To keep understanding and compassion in sight
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
Where if you feel too free and you need something to remind you

There's this loneliness springing up from your life
Like a fountain from a pool
So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger
You've had to hide sometimes, but now you're all right
And at the moment that my camera happened to find you
In my lessons at love's pain and heartache school
Like a fountain from a pool
But they didn't show your spirit quite as true
Now for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams
It would be easier sometimes to change the past
What I was seeing wasn't what was happening at all

While the loneliness seems to spring from your life
But when you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger

You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
Though it hasn't really been that long a time
There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more

But that magic feeling never seems to last
You could be laughing at me, you've got the right
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light