Since this song first came out in 1977 I've imagined it played at my funeral - a message from me to the living, to those I love. Now that I've lost Jackie, it takes on a new meaning for me as the one still living missing the one I love.
I would search everywhere just to hear her call. I miss her more.
Like the dust that settles all around me,
I must find a new home.
The ways and holes that used to give me shelter,
Are all as one to me now.
But I, I would search everywhere
Just to hear your call,
And walk upon stranger roads than this one
In a world I used to know before.
I miss you more.
Than the sun reflecting off my pillow,
Bringing the warmth of new life.
And the sounds that echoed all around me,
I caught a glimpse of in the night.
But now, now Ive lost everything,
I give to you my soul.
The meaning of all that I believed before
Escapes me in this world of none, no thing, no one.
And I would search everywhere
Just to hear your call,
And walk upon stranger roads than this one
In a world I used to know before.
For now Ive lost everything,
I give to you my soul.
The meaning of all that I believed before
Escapes me in this world of none,
I miss you more. I miss you more.
Afterglow - www.hackettsongs.com
-- Photo & artwork © Vicedomini
Afterglow: the radiance remaining after the light has gone out