I have failed you, I have failed you
I have lost my way, lost my nerve
I've failed you


But I love you, how I love you
I have turned my back, left you last

But I love you

O setting sun don't sink before I've found my heart

Heart don't give up now while there's still time
Time don't beat your old retreat
Stay a little while with me

Til I've looked the whole thing in the eye

I have waited, I have waited

For the big reveal, the even keel
I have waited


But there's no one who
Makes it all come true
Just altars gathering dust while we bow to them


O night bring all your shadows and your silence
Silence make a hostage of my mind

Mind bring on your trickery
Black dogs nip on at my heels
Til I've looked the whole thing in the eye


Swing low, sail high


I have failed you, I have failed you
I've closed my heart,
I have failed you


But I love you, how I love you
All my days will rearrange to say I love you


O setting sun don't weep for all the things you lose
Morning comes as sure as it must die

Dying is such mystery
Yet I wonder will it be
When I've looked the whole thing in the eye


Swing low, sail high
Swing low, sail high