09 The Bard`s Last Song

[Intro] (vocalise: warm gentle "hmm-ah", soft hum) [Verse 1] The fire is low, my fingers slow and worn I've sung through every winter, every morn And now the strings have one more tale to give A song of how the loving outlive the lived [Chorus] So listen close and learn this song of mine (of mine) And sing it to the one who comes for me And the song will carry on Long after I am gone [Verse 2] I loved her once when both of us were young Before these grey and trembling songs were sung She waits for me in some unwritten verse Beyond the turning of this gentle curse [Chorus] So listen close and learn this song of mine (of mine) And sing it to the one who comes for me And the song will carry on Long after I am gone [Bridge] (vocalise: bittersweet "ooh-ah", harp swells) Strings, strings, you've held me my whole life through Give her the love I never gave enough to And when some stranger plays this tune again Let her remember, somewhere, who and when [Outro] (vocalise: soft fading hum, last harp note) I'll follow where the melody has flown Carry oooon, carry oooon... [Instrumental Fade Out] [End]