I Know Those Eyes / This Man Is Dead

My God, my heart beats faster
And my mind is racing
Could it be?
Could it be that you've come back to life?
I know those eyes following me
Dark and familiar and deep as the sea
I know that face, strange though it seems
Younger and kinder, it haunts all my dreams
How can you stand there, a whisper from me
Yet somehow be so far away?
And eyes once familiar, a stranger I see
With so many words left to say

This man is dead, he is no more
He died a little each day
Like a thief, the Château d'If has stolen him away
The mind plays tricks, you are confused
The man you seek is long gone
Dead and cold, a story told
By those he trusted, those he loved
And those who then moved on

I am a ghost, just a mirage (there in that voice)
Who chases traces of you (traces of you)
Dark and familiar and deep as the sea

This man is dead, he is no more (I know those eyes)
And though it's torturing me (torturing me)
Can either of us really ever be free?

How can you stand there, a whisper from me
When you are still so far away?
And why does the truth seem too hard to be true?
With so much broken
And so much damage
There are no words left to say