I Only Hear Your Voice

You’d think, after all these years
some part of you would fade,
some memories would dim.
You’d hope, time would ease my pain,
let me breathe a bit,
let me smile again.
People speak to me, and I can hear them.
People comfort me, and I can hardly bear them.
It doesn’t matter what they say,
It doesn’t matter what they do,
Everything and everyone,
All roads lead to you.
I only hear your voice,
I only see your face
in every river, every tree.
Oh, my Évangeline,
you’re in everything, yet I’m not with you.
(Évangeline)
Gabriel, did you breathe this air?
Can you feel me near,
know that I am here?
I hope time has eased your pain.
But I’m still alive, I’ll come to you again.
People tell me I should just forget about you.
People tell me I should try to live my life without you.
If they could only know my heart,
they’d bow in shame and let me be.
Cause hand in hand or worlds apart,
your love lives in me.
I only hear your voice,
I only see your face
in every river, every tree.
Oh, my Gabriel,
you’re in everything, yet I’m not with you.
(BOTH)
People speak to me, and I can hear them.
People comfort me, and I can hardly bear them.
It doesn’t matter what they say,
It doesn’t matter what they do,
Everything and everyone,
All roads lead to you.
I only hear your voice,
(I only see your face)
I only see your face
in every river, every tree.
Oh, my Gabriel,
(Oh, my Évangline,)
you’re in everything, yet I’m not with you.
It seems the only way that I can still be with you
is to be alone so I can listen to you.
And if I have to shun men then I will,
Cause no one else can cure my ill.
If I have to run and never stop,
not stop until I die.
Then I’ll strain to hear your voice
until I join you in the sky
I only hear your voice