I walked alone In a world of moan So less less bright The stars of the night Than the eyes of the radiant swan Doubt and pain Come again and again The gathering clouds in gloom Predict the doom And all i loved i loved alone I couldn't succor the world from breaking It may take a while until the end It may take a while until the end It may take a while It may take a while I travelled a land of men And saw their dreadful things again A desert vast without a bound A dark desert all around The sun and the moon all shrink away And will never come back again The dying swan of northern lakes sings its wild death song I couldn't succor the world from breaking And as the solemn music breaks over hill and glen dissolves It may take a while until the end It may take a while until the end It may take a while until the end