RED SHIFT

(Tune: original)

Red shift, slow drift,
Farther apart.
Like poles, twin souls,
Heart calls to heart.
Cruel flaw, hard law,
Likes must repel:
Love dead, shift red,
Colour of hell.

Long life, keen knife,
Cuts to the bone.
Slow way, can't stay,
Move on alone.
Respite, sun-bright,
Fleeting as breath,
Joy fled, shift red,
Colour of death.

Fare on, hope gone,
Worn into grief.
Dead years, dried tears,
Pleasure but brief.
Must roam, no home,
Cannot remain.
Heart, head, shift red,
Colour of pain.

One day, some say,
Wandering must cease.
Earthbound, home found,
Soul dwell in peace.
Leave quest, find rest,
Farewell to strife.
Pain shed, shift red,
Colour of life.