Linger on

[Verse 1] You've left this world, so young and fair, With beauty rare beyond compare, Returned too soon to earth's embrace, In quiet rest, a tranquil place. Though people pass without a care, And tread upon your resting lair, One heart can't linger long to see, The place where you found eternity. [Chorus] I'll not seek where you now sleep, No need to find the spot to keep. Whether flowers bloom or weeds may grow, It doesn't matter where you now lie low. [Verse 2] What I loved, and still must hold, Now rests beneath the earth so cold, No stone to mark the loss I feel, A love so deep, a wound so real. Your love was sealed by death's touch, Untouched by time or change too much, No lies or age could take it away, It lingers in my heart each day. [Chorus] I'll not seek where you now sleep, No need to find the spot to keep. Whether flowers bloom or weeds may grow, It doesn't matter where you now lie low. [Bridge] The brightest days were ours to share, Now only shadows fill the air, The sun and storm won't touch you more, Just dreamless rest on timeless shore. [Verse 3] A flower at its peak of bloom, Falls first into the silent gloom, Watching it fade would break my heart, Better for it to gently part. [Bridge] The brightest days were ours to share, Now only shadows fill the air, The sun and storm won't touch you more, Just dreamless rest on timeless shore. [Verse 3] A flower at its peak of bloom, Falls first into the silent gloom, Watching it fade would break my heart, Better for it to gently part. [instrumental] oo-oo-oo-ooh (I miss you) (I miss you) oo-oo-oo-ooh (I miss you) (I miss you) [solo] [Chorus] I'll not seek where you now sleep, No need to find the spot to keep. Whether flowers bloom or weeds may grow, It doesn't matter where you now lie low. [Verse 4] Your day without a cloud has passed, You left this world with beauty vast, Extinguished, not decayed away, Like a falling star at end of day. Like a falling star at end of day. [Choir singing] As once I wept, I'd weep anew, If tears could flow for you. To hold you close in your last hours, To feel your warmth, your fading powers. Your buried love still echoes on, More precious than the days now gone, In dark eternity, you remain, A cherished memory, free of pain. [end]