The Lost Signal - Memory of a Face

Last night I walked beside a river Beneath a sky I'd never known Silver stars upon the water Guiding me where I had never gone On the far side of the darkness Where the shoreline met the haze Someone stood beneath the starlight Watching me across the waves I knew that face Before I saw it I knew that smile Before it came Like finding pages From a story Someone forgot to name Memory of a face Beyond the years Memory of a voice I almost hear A shadow in the distance A light beyond the haze How can I miss somebody I've never seen awake? The machines reviewed the archives Every image they could find Every record ever gathered Every fragment left behind No forgotten names remained there No surviving histories Yet every night the same eyes find me Waiting somewhere in my dreams Memory of a face Across the stars Memory of a heart That mirrors mine A stranger somehow closer Than anyone I've known Calling through the darkness Like a signal finding home Maybe memory isn't memory Maybe longing leaves a trace Maybe somewhere in the silence Someone sees my face Maybe every unanswered question Leaves an echo in the air And every soul that's searching Knows when someone else is there Memory of a face Across the years Memory of a voice I almost hear And though I've never known you I know this much is true I've spent my whole life searching For someone like you Memory of a face Beyond the night A distant fire A distant light If dreams can cross the darkness If hope can find a way Then maybe we are closer Than we were yesterday Machine Voice: "Dream activity increasing." "Cause undetermined." Long pause. Witness: "Why do I miss someone I've never met?"