**Verse 1**
All parted ways, each friend took their flight,
Leaving me alone in the dimming light.
Who hath the time to clasp a weary hand like mine?
Even my shadow, it seems, now doth shun & decline.

**Verse 2**
When I sought for buds, got a garland of thorns,
A cruel jest played by fate, when my heart is forlorn.
In the quest of joy's haven, I found naught but dust, Then sorrows heavy mantle of dusty cloak, wrapped me in distrust.

**Chorus**
Oh, the memories of laughter and tears,
All parted ways, each friend took their fears,
Leaving me alone in the dimming light,
Who hath the time to clasp a weary hand like mine?

Oh, why fear sorrow when it’s my constant guest?
A hundredfold burden upon this weary chest.
What manner of folk did I once call my kin?
Their friendship is a mirage, where true love hath been.

**Verse 3**
Songs of sweet love turned to sighs of the cold,
Promises whispered now tarnished and old.
In laughter’s embrace, I sought solace and cheer,
Yet found only echoes that vanished from near.

**Verse 4**
Each note turned to silence, each laughter to pain,
In the echoes of friendship, naught but disdain.
When I craved sweet songs of love’s gentle grace,
I met but the sighs of a cold, empty space.

**Chorus**
Oh, the memories of laughter and tears,
All parted ways, each friend took their fears,
Leaving me alone in the dimming light,
Who hath the time to clasp a weary hand like mine?

Oh, why fear sorrow when it’s my constant guest?
A hundredfold burden upon this weary chest.
What manner of folk did I once call my kin?
Their friendship is a mirage, where true love hath been.

**Verse 5**
The burden of this sorrow hath doubled my heart,
Yet why should I tremble? 'Tis but a dark art.
For a hundredfold sorrows have come to reside,
In the chambers of longing where true love hath died.

**Verse 6**
The heart bears the weight of each false-hearted jest,
A masquerade dance where none are...