A letter arrived, from my beloved's hand,
The parchment fell, my heart in quicksand.
The words they spun, a promise bright,
He'd come for me, and steal me to the light.
A letter arrived, from my beloved's hand,
The parchment fell, my heart in quicksand.
The words they spun, a promise bright,
He'd come for me, and steal me to the light.
A letter arrived, from my beloved's hand.
My family, they won't let me go,
How can I escape, to let my spirit flow?
My family, they won't let me go,
How can I escape, to let my spirit flow?
A letter arrived, from my beloved's hand,
The parchment fell, my heart in quicksand.
The words they spun, a promise bright,
He'd come for me, and steal me to the light.
A letter arrived, from my beloved's hand.
He won't let me return, not soon, not fast,
If I should leave, if I should cast
My worldly ties, to run and flee,
He won't let me return, not soon, not free.
A letter arrived, from my beloved's hand,
The parchment fell, my heart in quicksand.
The words they spun, a promise bright,
He'd come for me, and steal me to the light.
A letter arrived, from my beloved's hand.
Oh, someone explain, unravel this plight,
This tangled knot, that steals my night.
Oh, someone explain, unravel this plight,
This tangled knot, that steals my night.
A letter arrived, from my beloved's hand,
The parchment fell, my heart in quicksand.
The words they spun, a promise bright,
He'd come for me, and steal me to the light.
A letter arrived, from my beloved's hand.
A letter arrived, from my beloved's hand.
A letter arrived, from my beloved's hand.
A letter arrived, from my beloved's hand.
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