L Ballade Lyrics

In the consecrated chambers

Of a mountain's winter day

I left her at the turning

To go on her seeking way

To pass o'er meadows green and bare

Or brown as her auburn hair

O'er all the waters on the face of the earth

To find that I really care

And the myriad reflections of myself

In her buttons on her oversize navy coat

But only reflections and never an image

In her mind's unfathomable moat

But some castles where she wanders

Are yet crumbling into dust

In this house of visions, on top of the hill

The glass has turned to rust
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So never again will I look in her eyes

Nor shall she hear my voice

But I hope she will find a better man

To love him and rejoice

And he will turn the secret key

Nay, I know it's not up to him

But somehow in his words and love

Answer her every whim

So seek ye lass for what you wish

But in your troubled heart

And let not your mind race ahead of your breast

For the quicker shall you part

And wait for the click that you speak dear of

And never will you run

Light will splinter through open clouds

And you'll look straight at a face like the sun