Robert Plant - Colours of a Shade lyrics

The day was old, the light was dim As I stepped through the door And all my friends were gathering That day that I recall I shivered and shook, Lord I stood Just waiting to chase the fall I wondered how my time would be When spring comes round, once more I face the wind, I have no choice But you must guard the hearth And cast adrift from those I love Alone I drag my heart Against the cry of why I turn my back to go But out beyond the tears somewhere Someone, I need to know It's only love, in the colours of the shade It's only love, in the colours of the shade All in shades, ah, it's only love Old photographs were fading dim My seed will tell it all Oh by the Fathers Fathers have Such pain, They read the signs without surprise Of how they knew it well And in the mirror still I see The man, who came from hell It's only love, and the colours of the shade It's only love, in the colours of the shade It's only love, in the colours of the shade They say, they say, they say It's only love, it's only love