Paul England - Shadows of the Night Lyrics

Look at where we are
Look at where we've been and where we're going
Now look at the stars
And tell me which is most brightly glowing

You've counted them all
You've been through the war
You've studied both sides of the door
Through a fracture in the wall

In silence or starlight
A war is never won
They told me that you are the one
Who is haunted by the shadows of the night

Sing to me, my love
Sing to me that song you knew so well
Recite your poems and stories of
The monuments that fell

Beneath all the ruin
Still locked in its cage
A creature from some distant age
Solved riddles in the sand

And fearing the sunlight
It dug into the earth
To live inside among the warmth
And comfort of the shadows of the night

O lady of ice
Lady of fire, tell me who is this that you mourn
He mentioned you look very nice
With your clothing pulled and torn

Then he leapt from the window
With a letter in his shoe
A little poem he'd written to
A lady made of snow

And it was quite a sight
When his body was found
His frozen heart lay on the ground
Still beating in the shadows of the night

The time for death has come
Said the reaper with eyes so blue
The ancient cancer in his lung
Was reaching out to you

Now death was a mentor
In the classroom of your heart
A teacher of the timeless art
Of belching to the choir

And they smiled so bright
When they heard the reaper's call
And the heavenly chorus sang with all
The beauty in the shadows of the night

You buried the bones beneath the bridge
Where young lovers write their plans
Where children play with matches
And burn promises in their hands

Then you lit every candle
That you lay beside this grave
Lamenting those you couldn't save
And forgetting what they stole

And you won't make it right
By kneeling on these bones
You'll walk alone behind the ones
Who wander in the shadows of the night