I have walked but never straight,
I felt love but always too late,
People went on without me,
I was never who I wanted to be.

And I did not live life how I should,
I did not love the ones I would,
If I died, tomorrow will be another day,
Since I am not living anyway.

Now I stand here alone, nothing more than an ember,
What I wouldn't give, what I wouldn't have done for her,
If I could, seamless current of Time's river I would bend,
Alas, cursed be the day I fell in love, for now it ends.

For were these trials all for nothing?
I need to know I did this all for something!
I payed these debts all, I would again at any price!
Oh, I would even have given the ultimate sacrifice!

If I would've sought knowledge, I would have read a book,
Yet, here! What I came for, what I seek, look-
they walk away, hand in hand, sharing their breath,
All the while, my body is stone, the ember nearing death.

Now at the end I feel my hands in cold water,
And they are warm.