lead into gold Lyrics

One

I met an old man

He was noble of birth

His body was wizened and old

He said he could take

My blackened heart

And turn my lead into gold

I did not understand

The symbols he made with his hand

As if the future were planned

Two

He said;

What are you hiding

Under the stone

What are you trying to withhold

The fire once lit

No longer burns

I fear that your heart has turned cold

His meaning was strange

But I knew I had to change

And life had to be rearranged

Three

In the thick of the night

He conjured for me

A sight that was strange to behold

I saw a white lamb

Whose purity shone

Leading me into his fold

He opened a book

And then I heard

The sound of one single word

Four

I saw in a dream

By a fire in a bowl

Base metal contained in a mould

Its shape I could see

Was reflected in me

An experiment under control

And when I awoke

At my feet lay the book

Its pages all turned to ash

Five

Sun shone as above

So below I did see

The glittering yellow of gold

I began to discern

The meaning it held

I was no longer was brazen and bold

The lead had been mined

The gold was refined

And cast to the shape of the mould

Six

Many years passed

I'd discovered at last

The meaning I sought all my life

When the wedding was held

As if under a spell

I turned and said to my wife

Can you now see

What's told by degree

It always take two to make three

Seven

The old man returned

To ask what I'd learned

His eyes burning redder than coals

He said to me

You hearts bought and sold

But you turned your lead into gold

Had it all been a plan?

As I turned around

In the mirror I saw the old man