Tonight I remembered 1984
Living in the village in New York City
Walking along Christopher Street
Every time I go there my heart stops
Steve, David, Phil,
My love Constance,
Beloved Stephen and Gabriella
How many more names of death that year
I can barely breathe your names
Beautiful faces along the walk
Steps full of pain and sickness
Fear along every avenue
How will I remember to breathe
Your leaving took away my wanting to breathe
I would have gone in your place
I would have given my breath so that you may be
Beautiful faces that fade into the clouds of time
Who will remember to breathe your names
How soon will we forget those times
I let my balloons go to release you
Floating taking your worldly pain
Tell me how to breathe again
It does no good to hold you in sorrow
Yet if I release you what will be left?
Take my breath so you may be again
I am learning to breathe again
Holding my breath will do no good
For as time passes I can only remember
I remember my love for you
In the end I can only breathe in our love
And exhale our love.
What else can I offer you now
But a memory of love
With each breath I find my love for you
I can not give you my breath
I can only give you my memory of love
Breathing in all that was
Holding it in love
Breathing out new life of love