Love's swift-winged century has fled,

Like melting snow, its warmth now dead.

Gone quiet as an autumn grove,

Beyond return, beyond reprove,

Beyond return.

Or should we let the night unwind?

And start it all from far behind?

Start all again from far behind?

Oh, how to know?

Or should we dare to rebegin?

I can't afford to lose you in,

I cannot bear to lose you in,

Oh, how to know?

A lonely ray of light has died,

By clouds of coldness unified.

The path was short, yet thorns it bore,

Love's heavy truth we can't ignore,

We can't ignore.

Or should we let the night unwind?

And start it all from far behind?

Start all again from far behind?

Oh, how to know?

Or should we dare to rebegin?

I can't afford to lose you in,

I cannot bear to lose you in,

Oh, how to know?

Or should we let the night unwind?

And start it all from far behind?

Start all again from far behind?

Oh, how to know?

Or should we dare to rebegin?

I can't afford to lose you in,

I cannot bear to lose you in,

Oh, how to know?