1. Had I been told before that day
That you would grant peace to those you avoid

2. I would have sworn a thousand oaths
That this could never be

3. And if after long estrangement
There's no comfort to be found

4. Then estrange yourself, for it
Drives the ardent lover onward

5. Now I see the joy in reconciliation
When once I saw the merit of endurance

6. And I see your love is like embers
Under ashes, with sustenance