Turn of the Century

[00:18.33] Realising a form out of stone,
[00:23.23] Set hands moving.
[00:27.41] Roan shaped his heart,
[00:30.84] Through his working hands.
[00:33.08] Worked to mold his passion into clay,
[00:38.10] Like the sun.
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[00:43.88] In his room, his lady,
[00:45.98] She would dance and sing so completely.
[00:52.45] "So be still," he now cries,
[00:54.74] "I have time, oh let clay transform thee so."
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[01:10.19] In the deep cold of night,
[01:12.34] Winter calls, he cries "Don't deny me!"
[01:18.31] For his lady, deep her illness.
[01:22.99] Time has caught her,
[01:24.45] And will for all reasons take her.
[01:28.12] In the still light of dawn, she dies.
[01:32.82] Helpless hands soul revealing.
[01:37.34] Like leaves we touch, we learn.
[01:42.28] We once knew the story.
[01:48.64] As winter calls he will starve,
[01:53.18] All but to see the stone be life.
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[02:20.65] Now Roan, no more tears.
[02:22.84] Set to work his strength,
[02:25.89] So transformed him.
[02:29.49] Realizing a form out of stone,
[02:32.85] His work so absorbed him.
[02:37.64] Could she hear him?
[02:40.01] Could she see him?
[02:42.13] All aglow was his room,
[02:44.66] Dazed in this light.
[02:46.55] He would touch her,
[02:48.75] He would hold her.
[02:51.20] Laughing as they danced,
[02:53.46] Highest colors touching others.
[02:56.00] Did her eyes at the turn of the century,
[03:01.29] Tell me plainly.
[03:04.96] How we'll meet, how we'll love,
[03:07.18] Oh, let life so transform me.
[03:14.17] Like leaves we touch, we dance.
[03:19.22] We once knew the story.
[03:25.52] As autumn called and we both,
[03:30.07] Remembered all those many years ago.
[03:43.76] I'm sure we know.
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[05:23.14] Was the sign in the day with a touch,
[05:26.47] As I kiss your fingers.
[05:31.71] We walk hands in the sun,
[05:33.96] Memories when we're young,
[05:36.38] Love lingers so.
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[05:48.86] Was it sun through the haze,
[05:50.95] That made all your looks,
[05:53.73] As warm as moonlight?
[05:57.34] As a pearl deep your eyes,
[05:59.50] Tears have flown away,
[06:02.58] All the same light.
[06:05.94] Did her eyes at the turn of the century,
[06:11.09] Tell me plainly.
[06:14.53] When we meet, how we'll look,
[06:16.68] As we smile time will leave me clearly.
[06:23.31] Like leaves we touch, we see,
[06:28.06] We will know the story.
[06:33.95] As autumn calls we'll both remember,
[06:41.06] All those many years ago.
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