Oh love give back to me my tenderness You used it once too often I am spent now in this love affair You've loved me much too fiercely
Oh intruder of my halls of pain Where are you gone tonight My wounds are still hurting And last year's scars won't heal
The lonely lanes echo my steps Softly the snow is sailing down A painted smile behind ev'ry window pane Master of Healing where are you tonight
Oh houses of splendor and of power Allow me to enter your walls Your shelter eases my mind Your cellars hide our fugitives
Oh rooms with your damp walls With your chains of rusted iron Where is the gold and silver That your prisoner is longing for
The pale-faced judges of the High Court The priest of pain and his servants I will ask them to have mercy With me and my bold words
Oh love I know you cannot forgive So I face the trial you put upon me And I won't kneel and weep And accept the capital punishment
But allow me to close my eyes And dream of my long dead parents The Halls of Fame are deserted The songs are sung and obsolete