"Time Stands Still" lyrics

I've been blind, she's been kind
She knows at times I forget to see
Through a cold dark cloud
An imaginary shroud or a shadow settles over me
I once was smart, it was back at the start
I offered her my body and my soul
Thought in my heart it would tear me apart
But it made me whole

Keep it simple, keep it clear, that's what we like to hear
She don't argue, she don't analyze
If I say it's so, it's so. She don't want to know
If it's a metaphor or something in disguise
She let me know a long time ago
It's better to say just what I mean
Truth to tell, it can hurt like hell
But it keeps me clean

My guiding star, I don't stray far
I keep it in my mind and in my eye
I've been lost before, but never any more
I just look up at my compass in the sky
I had my fears in the early years
That I'd locked me up and thrown away the key
Lost my mind to the ties that bind
But it set me free

Well, she's fast, I know I'll never last
She's by me now but I don't even mind
I ought to know, I move so slow
My shadow often kicks me from behind
I once was fast, in the distant past
In a mighty demonstration of my will
I kissed her twice at the speed of light
Time stood still
I kissed her twice at the speed of light
And time stood still