(Verse 1) When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, listen to this song, And slowly hear, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; (Verse 2) How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one woman loved the pilgrim Soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; (Chorus) The fire warms your hands of bone, But leaves your spirit all alone. For beauty fades like winter light, And shadows swallow up the night. Only this song remains to prove, The timeless weight of this woman’s love. (Verse 3) Bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid her face amid a crowd of stars. (Bridge) I could not stay whilst your eyes Were blind to truth and masked in lies. I sought the peaks, the air so thin, I kept the fire safe within. So, when you nod and drift away... I’ll be a memory, for I did not stay. (Chorus) The fire warms your hands of bone But leaves your spirit all alone. For beauty fades like winter light, And shadows swallow up the night. Only this song remains to prove, The timeless weight of this woman’s love. (Outro) I hid my face... Amid a crowd of stars. © 2026 Akashic Flux Collective. All rights reserved.
