Embers remain

If sunshine fades to night
and stars fall from the sky
If peace is taken from the earth
and gold and silver lose their worth
If ashes fall like pouring rain
still the embers will remain

If there are no songs left to sing
and sweetest dreams come to nothing
If fire consumes all we hold dear
and darkness leaves us frozen with fear
If ashes fall like pouring rain
still the embers will remain

If journeys take us so far from home
that we've nowhere left to go
If emptiness fills every breath
as we walk in the shadow of death
If ashes fall like pouring rain
still the embers will remain

Come fire, come rain, come sadness and pain:
still the embers will remain
Though the world itself be burned away
yet our love will never fade
Though ashes fall like pouring rain
glowing embers will remain