Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple. It is the title track of their 1984 album Perfect Strangers. The words tell of the sorrow of remaining perfect strangers after a relationship with another person.

[Verse 1] Can you remember, remember my name? As I flow through your life A thousand oceans I have flown Oh, oh-oh-oh And cold, cold spirits of ice, ah, ah All my life I am the echo of your past I am returning the echo of a point in time And distant faces shine A thousand warriors I have known Oh, oh-oh-oh And laughing as the spirits appear All your life Shadows of another day [Chorus] And if you hear me talking on the wind You've got to understand We must remain perfect strangers [Post-Chorus] Ah, ah, ah, no [Bridge] I know I must remain inside this silent well of sorrow [Verse 2] A strand of silver hanging through the sky Touching more than you see The voice of ages in your mind, oh-oh-oh Is aching with the dead of the night Oh, oh, oh, precious life Your tears are lost in falling rain [Chorus] And if you hear me talking on the wind You've got to understand We must remain perfect strangers [Outro] Oh, oh-oh Oh, yeah