Couldn't lend him To you forever Said the hard man From above Made you to A giver and a savor But also to a loser of love Made your heart Big enough to carry Every kind of pain Made you to a dream For marriage But also to someone I must drain Gave your eyes The colour of an ocean Where anybody could drown I'd swear an oath
On your sterling friendship But I will always Let you down In storms and rain It's hard to light the candle And I'm sorry when It's snowing on his stone The gravel-walk's so familiar With your footsteps That's a sound that could Make me leave the throne Couldn't lend Him to you forever Said the hard man From above