I wrote this song many years ago.
Lyrics for the first verse and some of the refrain were taken from the poem
"so we'll go no more a'roving",
. . . . written by Lord Byron.
The other verses are mine.
Leonard Cohen, failing to add his own lyrics, wrote a different melody for the poem some years ago.
My take is much better, still I like to think of us as one big, happy-camper fambly.
The production is new
Feedback would be nice
Link:
https://soundcloud.com/2rightly/by-the-light-1___________________________
By The Light
So we’ll go no more a’roving
So late into the night
Though the heart be still as loving
And the moon be still as bright
For the sword outwears its sheath
And the soul wears out the breast
And the heart must pause to breath
And love itself must rest
Though the night was made for lovers, and the day returns too soon
Yet we’ll go no more a’roving, by the light, by the light of the moon
We are lost lords of darkness
We are found in knowing that
And these things that fall away from us
Will not again come back
Stars still hang in the day sky
Though they cannot be seen
They really come alive
As we are lost in dreams
Though the night was made for lovers, and the day returns too soon
Yet we’ll go no more a’roving, by the light, by the light of the moon
Our clinging hands are tied
To every other weight
And we're falling down the hillside
With everything we take
Should we love's child abandon
As our Father's law is enforced
After acts once born of passion
And time has taken its course
Though the night was made for lovers, and the day returns too soon
Yet we’ll go no more a’roving, by the light of the moon
By the light, by the light of the moon
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I think that your writing is good, I like your use of the flower as a symbol / metaphor and particularly liked your lines: 'That youthful flower that refused to settle