The Mulberry Tree

Her beauty took flight like
A milk white dove
His charm set the heavens aglow
A childhood friendship
Had ripened to love
An ardor no mortal could know

The longing to marry
Enchanted their souls
A union their parents forbade
Fated to cherish by tablet and scroll
Through a crack in a wall of jade

So, come with me to the
White of the mulberry tree
Where dreams are one
And the heart carries on
When you're gone

To the site of chance
Stole the maiden fair
Her candle of fortune would fade
Escaping the wrath of a lion's stare
Fleeing for shelter and shade

Her beloved had come with
His heart in his hand
Finding her blood tattered veil
Amidst the tracks of a beast in the sand
A river of tears he wails

So, come with me to the
White of the mulberry tree
Where dreams are one
And the heart carries on

Come with me to the
White of the mulberry tree
Where dreams are one
And the heart carries on
When you're gone

Oh hapless girl, I've caused thy death
More worthy of life than I
Taken thy final breath
I shall follow, my blood stains this spot
Guilty of tempting thee forth
To thy perilous lot

His lover returned to a lifeless form
Her veil by the wound in his chest
The cries of guilt drench
The body still warm
As she plunged the sword in her breast

Bound in life as in death
The gods would decree
The hills of Elysia they'll climb
And the berries that fall
From the mulberry tree
Run red till the end of time

So, come with me to the
White of the mulberry tree
Where dreams are one
And the heart carries on

Come with me to the
White of the mulberry tree
Where dreams are one
And the heart carries on
When you're gone

Carries on
Yeah
When you're gone
Yeah, when you're gone
Oh, yeah, yeah
When you're gone
When you're gone
When you're gone
When you're gone