Moonlight

Sing to me again
Your sad songs, oh world
Not that I don't know them
But I need to remember
Your reasons for loving
Beyond the scope of where the sun shines

If we go into the night,
My dear, as I've often cried to you
From far across the world
We won't forget our days
For the night burns with black fire
Away the dappled patterns of our pasts
And too soon we'll discover
With brittle delight
That you cannot hide from true love
Even in the night

You cannot hide from true love
Even in the night

Your breath so close to my ear
Might shatter the softness of the moonlight
And those sad songs the world drones
Are drowned in the steady tumult
Of your waiting heartbeat
So careful against the world,
So careful against the moon-songs
Calm but for wordless haste
Breathless passion, and waiting
Hopeful in a moment to feel
Your breath so close to my ear

You cannot hide from true love
Even in the night

So, sad world, sing me your songs
I have but a few of my own
I will practice them no more
Till the final Concert in the night
Moon-Spotlight switched on
And I declare in final refrain:

"YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM TRUE LOVE!
EVEN IN THE NIGHT".

Then I will take my bow.
Then I will go home.
And I will listen to you no more.