# **Death of the Candle** **[Verse 1]** The rain lies soft on the old stone wall, And the wild wind calls through the heather, We once held hands through the darkest storms, Swearing we’d always walk together. But the fire burns low in the cottage tonight, And the shadows have swallowed the flame, The love still remains like an old sacred vow, But nothing between us feels the same. **[Pre-Chorus]** Where did the laughter go? Where did the tenderness end? We sleep like two strangers Who once were lovers and friends. **[Chorus]** How will we light the candle again, When the wick has forgotten the fire? How do we find what was lost to the years, The warmth and the want and desire? Is there a road through the mist to our home? Is there a prayer left to say? Do we fight for the love that is still in our bones, Or admit it has faded away? **[Verse 2]** Your name is still carved in the heart of my soul, Like words on an old hawthorn tree, And no matter how far from each other we drift, You’ll always be woven through me. But affection has faded like light on the sea, When the sun leaves the cold western shore, We speak of the days when our blood ran like wine, But we cannot return there anymore. **[Pre-Chorus]** Where did the kisses go? Where did the hunger depart? What good is a love When the hands cannot reach the heart? **[Chorus]** How will we light the candle again, When the wick has forgotten the fire? How do we find what was lost to the years, The warmth and the want and desire? Is there a road through the mist to our home? Is there a prayer left to say? Do we fight for the love that is still in our bones, Or admit it has faded away? **[Bridge – Soft, broken and almost whispered]** We carried the candle into the night, Shielding the flame with our hands held tight, But the rain found its way through every defence, And silence grew where love once made sense. I reached for your hand, but you looked away, And everything ended without words to say. Beneath the old rowan, with tears in your eyes, I watched our forever become our goodbye. **[Final Chorus – Powerful, sorrowful]** We could not light the candle again, For the last little ember had died, We spoke every word we were frightened to say, Then stood in the rain and cried. There was no road through the mist to our home, No miracle asking us to stay, So I honoured the love that once carried us both, And watched you walk slowly away. We could not light the candle again, Though I begged for one spark to remain, The house became cold, and the darkness came down, And your footsteps were lost in the rain. **[Outro]** The rain lies soft on the old stone wall, But dawn finds the hills without you, One path leads east through the wild Irish fields, And one disappears into blue. The candle is cold on the windowsill now, The room bears the ghost of your name, For love may remain when the lovers are gone, But it cannot rekindle the flame. Still, somewhere deep where the old memories sleep, Your voice will live on in my song, But the road has divided, the last light has died, And all that we had is now gone.
