Susann's Candle

Light Me A Candle...

Light a candle for meIt's too dark to see your faceYour shadow is all I can seeLook, you're all dressed up in velvet and lace

Light me a candle...

Once I had young, innocent dreamsDreams of you and those few whom I loveBut pain now overcomes me in heartbreaking screamsAnd those who I love are in Heaven above

Light me a candle...

Light a candle so you could see This shattered soul, this wraith, it's me!No more a human than a statue of marbleIt's all her doing, that, that harmful...

Never mind, just light me a candle...

I pity she could not see the beauty in a flameThe light and warmth have abandoned her, shameNever mind her now; I know why you're hereBut stop for a moment, and please, come near...

Light me a candle...

Once we were good friends, you and IBut now, with sorrow, I tell you "goodbye"Oh, don't cry, Susann, it's how it's meant to beBut my moment of passing is only for you to see

Light me a candle...

Oh, the candle is lit?Yes, I feel some warmth, caressing my eyelidCome sit by me now, and take my handI hear her coming, She who brings End...

Bring me the candle now...

Fear not this moment, it's for me that She came Dark are Her robes; hands cold, from a grave

I take my leave now, Susann, go with no shameYou waited my death, and you were brave...

The candle... Susann, put it out...

But my words you cannot hearSuch a dreadful moment, surrounded by fearWill God judge me now, shall He keep my soul?Or perhaps in the depths of hell I shall fall?

But the candle...

All light is gone now, nothing but darknessDeath makes me go further, my path is endlessPain soothing rest, forever it shall lastBut memory of me shall fade into the past.

The candle... Susann, forget me not…

Mr. Caine