In the great awakening Silver strands of time I dreamt that you were young again I dreamt that you were mine In those unrecorded hours On that unrequited night In the way you looked at me As you lost me to the light There were others before us Strangers in this life Hoping for a future Hoping it'd be bright And they held onto their loved ones Wrapped their arms around their ghosts Hoping not to lose them Hoping that they'd never go In the great awakening Silver strands of time I dreamt that you were young again I dreamt we still had time In those unrecorded hours On that unrequited night In the way you looked at me As you lost me to the light