In a quiet Irish meadow
Where the wildflowers bloom
I walk alone at twilight
Neath the pale and silver moon
The whisper of the evening breeze
It carries soft and low
A tale of hearts long broken
Where love dared not to go
Oh, love, why do you haunt me?
Why leave me in despair?
With a heart so full of longing
And a soul beyond repair
For in the mirror's sorrow
I see a lonely man
Unworthy of your tender light
Too lost to understand
I've wandered through the heather
With a burden on my chest
Dreams of love now scattered
Like a bird's forsaken nest
The echoes of your laughter
Haunt the valleys of my mind
A melody so bittersweet
To joy forever blind
Oh, love, why do you haunt me?
Why leave me in despair?
With a heart so full of longing
And a soul beyond repair
For in the mirror's sorrow
I see a lonely man
Unworthy of your tender light
Too lost to understand
The sea's eternal whisper
It calls me to the shore
A promise of forgetting
To feel this pain no more
Yet in my heart a longing
For a love I'll never claim
A fire that burns eternal
A never-ending flame
So here I stand in silence
Where the river meets the sky
A solitary figure
With a tear in every sigh
The stars above bear witness
To a love that couldn't be
A man too full of shadows
To ever set love free
Oh, love, why do you haunt me?
Why leave me in despair?
With a heart so full of longing
And a soul beyond repair
For in the mirror's sorrow
I see a lonely man
Unworthy of your tender light
Too lost to understand
In this quiet Irish meadow
Where the wildflowers bloom
I'll walk alone forever
Neath the pale and silver moon
A ghost of love's lost promise
In the twilight's gentle hand
Unworthy of your tender touch
Too lost to understand