Brave Combo - Candles текст песни

Refrain:

You, were my hope

Your hope was mine

Candles are low

For the last time

I dont want to look; when I do it saddens me

It saddens me so when I recall their first light

I dont want to turn back to then, for then Ill see

How quickly they lengthen in line and they multiply

(refrain)

Once I made a big cake for my father so long ago

For his 50th birthday one year, wouldnt you know

Like cassandra, I read him a chilling prophecy

I read him a poem, it was candles and now I grieve

Spoken:

[days of our future stand before us

Like a row of little lighted candles

Golden, warm and lively little candles

The days gone by remain behind us

A mournful line of burnt-out candles

The nearest ones are still smoking

Cold candles, melted, and bent]

(from "candles" by cavafy)

I dont want to look when I do it saddens me

It saddens me so when I recall their first light

I dont want to turn back to then, for then Ill see

How quickly they lengthen in line, and they multiply.

(refrain)