You awoke in a burning paperhouse

from the infinite fields

of dreamless sleep

You return to Tiannammen

an eyewitness in a shroud

to see them fall, feel them yield

reliving the terror of the crowd

Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow

just for a moment I seemed to know

Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow

I seemed to know the ghost in you



The whisper of your scream

sighed through the air

and faith-the flag is torn and frayed

inferno heat, glory in flame

love was beaten and betrayed



In every step I hear your sobbing

dare I break the shade with one caress?

dare I trespass to lift the veil

to touch the lips so soft and frail?



Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow

I seemed to know the ghost in you



Your captive heart, the belief you share

with a kiss eternal, the spirits of the square



Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow

hope remains with the ghost in you

Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow

I seemed to know the ghost in you



don't let it blow

the ghost in you

the ghost in you