Richard Shindell - Memory Of You lyrics

It's uncanny it's something strange
It's something I have long tried to ignore
Behind the curtain behind the door
If I keep my eyes cast down
It just might go away

It's got no name it's got no shape
It can't be photographed
And it lives in no one place
It's got no shame and it knows no grace
And it's got two long arms
Reaching out for me i hit the light
I'll take my stand let's have your best
Show your hand the shadows run
And I see true it's just the memory of you

So what's your pleasure my phantom friend
What thing could bring you out
To haunt this world again
Some sweet revenge? Some dread command?
Or do you only need
Someone to hold your hand?

Why did you leave your will so vague?
Just three blue lines across the page:
You take the vase i'll keep the rose
And the memory of you