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Candle - Lyrics by Hammill Peter


Lyrics
Look at the candle, as it's life is bought,as the wick just rolls of and dies;look at the wax-drops as they cease from their goaland the game they were playing loses its joyand the youth which they played in runs away....
How long will you be gone?
Flames sucks at air now and its breath comes shortas it wavers to half its size;vacuum closes in and it attacks the soul.
Now the force omnipotent itself is destroyedand for lack of itself it wanes away....
How long will you be gone?
So does my mind fly as I fight my thought -and I lose, for I cannot find:sent my eyes long miles, they do not know home!
For the life I was part of breathes its lastand not only life, but hope has gone away....
How long will you be gone?
How long will you be gone?

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