I raise my hopes
and like pride
they falleth
hard and flat

So now I think
is it better to
have love and lost
than to have loved

It makes one cold
hard and hollow
so that a phase like this
passes with a fleeting glance

I will remember it
and hate it every time

Dark and deary
my days have been
but now my soul
is filled within

Of joy and peace
a collective rest
these two now sit
without any zest

Quiet and calm
I sit and think
Quiet and calm
I wish to be

So leave me here
To ly and think
Till the end of days
when we can not weep

Love and joy
thats what they want me to write
but I have not strength or feeling
to write these

I lived with them
but they left me
at a time when
I needed them

I was left with sorrow
sadness, no joy
brings numbness to me
and flows through my viens

Now as warmth comes back
I remember the past
and set my mind
away from everything

For to be burned
is to become callous
and hard as stone
and I wish that not for me

So I let the warmth flow
let the fire grow
ready to be burned again
only for some joy

You smiled when we came
made joy come around
helped fill our buckets with sand
and play in the sun

Then it came
had no mercy for you
we pray for you know
for thats all we could do

The long life is lived
the time has gone
I will weep for you tomorrow
and end this song

They sang us a song
they gave us a toast
we danced on the floor
we ate us a roast

Now throught the door lets go
I'll start life her with you
No longer a show
for everyone knows

We walk hand in hand
down in the dry sand
smiling as we walk
only wanting to talk

And now I am with you
I'll love to the end
nothing can shake that
forever in hand

See how they come
hear how they run

Leaving the dark night
coming to the light

Left for the next play
coming from past day

Wanting the new joy
shedding the old toy

Now they have come
Feeling not numb

Changing the old way
Hope for the coming day