I will stay and you will go,
or you will stay and I will go.
We have ever lived to part,
you and I. The way of time -
deaf to reason, blind to love,
mute - the way of time is parting.

We, afraid to go, alone,
children still now howling deep
cries in darkness - we are one
torn asunder. Yet we loved
knowing this: farewell must come.

We have ever lived to part;
never, though, to say farewell.
Loved, we have, embraced and touched,
you and I. The way of love -
knowing, everlasting, rich,
true - the way of love is living.