In the scorching heat of love
In the flaming inferno of passion
We who have been burned
Know the way

We who have walked the desert
We who wrestled with the wind
We who have toiled with the sand
And we who have erected fortresses of solitude
We bear the marks upon our soul

We who once knew love
Know it still
We are it
We are the keepers of memory
Glowing embers of what has remained of a once-great fire

Entering this house
The untrained eye assumes that love
No longer resides here
And we who have been purged by its radiant glow
Know the truth

Love's tumultuous flame has made ashes of our frail body
We walk this world as dead men do
We carry torches in the night
Not by hand but in our heart
Illuminated by eternal wisdom
It is best we stay away

We who redefined the meaning
Look on in a merciful gaze
No one is coming to save you
For you cannot be saved
Only the rising of the morning sun
Will awaken you

And you who have imprisoned me
Know this
That I have been set free
Not by your grace
And not by your key
By my will I am free
I am free

And this love we once shared
Still lives in me
And no other place
Continues to shine
On your beautiful face
For the beauty thereof
In eternity dwells
And continues to be
Not in you, not in them
But in what I choose to see