I sent my crack divisions through the early morning mist 
When they fell on your positions you were powerless to resist 
Encircling and probing for the weakness in your lines 
By night you were surrounded and your territory mine 
I called for your surrender; this you swore you would not do 
So I stormed the very fortress that you thought could shelter you 
I saw you then upon your knees and turned to give my thanks 
To the regiments assembled in their ranks 
Where are they now? 
Where are they now? 

I raised you to your feet and with you hand inside my own 
We set off upon a journey, each together each alone 
And in the days that followed oh our lives did overlap 
I knew the contours of your body like the roads upon a map 
I savoured every evening, and you sweetened every day 
And just when I was certain it would always be this way 
You slipped beyond the reach of my outstretched fingertips 
With all the kisses you placed upon your lips 
Where are they now? 
Where are they now? 

I'm sure, You're close 
Hey, come shine a light 
Here, somewhere near 
Maybe just out of sight 

I went in search of alchemy to resurrect the dead 
And sent my spies to fathom out the secrets in your head 
They said they heard your laughter 
Ringing through the summer night 
In the company of strangers 
And your eyes were wild and bright 
And though I grew reclusive and my days became withdrawn 
I held the banner of our love, now tattered and forlorn 
And thought that it would one day fly above us once again 
To do this, I had my reasons then 
Where are they now? 
Where are they now? 

I'm sure, you must be close 
Once again, bring the light 
Here, very near 
Oh you're just out of sight 

Perhaps there are some passions that are tempered by the years 
You reach accommodation, the intensity recedes 
Some of that occurred to me the time I saw you last 
Your face familiar in a way, your voice out of the past 
Every gamut of emotion shared from tenderness to rage 
Fell away between us in the turning of that page 
It seems like only yesterday we swore that we'd be true 
Two innocents believing that they knew 
Where are they now? 
Where are they now? 
Where are they now? 
Where are they now?