Roses outside the window screen   A breeze that lingers in the blinds   A song and a prayer to slow the time   A couple of chairs pulled in a line      He remembers to breathe and then forgets   He says, come on, we let him rest   Into the golden afternoon   Much too long and over soon      This is the moment that lovers part   He tries to take her but he cannot   The long years ending with a sign   And all the anguish, all that time      It may have been love that held them fast   Or want of love that made it last   Our long arms hanging at our sides   All that time, all that time      Wasn't it love that made him cry?   And love that seemed to pass him by   The voices raised, the voices kind   And then the silence, for all that time      This is the ending we will take   For one another, for always   A well of tears, a wall of pride   And all our love, for all that time