The weary creak of my bones   Exhausted voice and deathly tones   Arms of lead, skin drawn tight   No long a princely sight   Face is gaunt, pale and thin   Bent and grey and full of sin      Pass to me   Wine and song   For I'll be   Soon long gone      Cast me down, upon the dust   My dry bones remain tombless   From my life, a rose is grown   Rains they come, the winds blow      Winter haunts me   Nowhere to flee      Take me back, young was I   Within her arms we could fly   Grey am I and all alone   I feel like I'm far from home      Grace has fled here   But he is so near   In shadows lie   My hopes of life      Black wings fold me   In their symphony   Long, the nights are   Grace is so far      Leaves they fall in time   Drifting down in time   Darkness comes right on time      Descend upon me   Wings from above   Goodbye to lie   Farewell, my love      Grace has fled here   But he is so near