Oh, how I labor to win your love
and when I think
of all the thorns
that have entered by flesh
and all the pain I have suffered
Oh, such pain I have suffered
I cannot count its cost
for it is great beyond all counting.
Oh, you have been a thorn in my heart
but oh how can I ever count the cost
of this hard struggle to win your love
for you are more precious to me
than all the precious things
and all the wealth of this earth.
Oh, my head cannot give its answer
to what the heart feels
for who knows the mysteries of the heart?
Why it loves one and not another
why it denies all logic
and grows such a passion
hotter than the hottest of fires.
Oh, you have taken hold of me
and have grown within me
such an iron passion
that from my heart shall never be torn.
Oh, you have ignited an eternal flame
within my soul
a flame that shall burn within me
far beyond
all the boundaries of infinite time.
Your memory
shall echo down all the halls of eternity
and I shall forever seek your love
and you name shall always remain upon my lips.
Oh, for my heart your memory knows no time.
And I will hold the memory
of the love upon your lips
and of your warm loving arms
and your song
shall ever remain my Siren call
till the end of infinite time.