The Dignity Of Labour - Echoes lyrics

I can see you dancing In the pillow fields in your grief Stealing rays of an autumn sun like a thief Stricken by disease, but not by fear How suddenly November winds Would carry you away from here I can feel you fading As the winter makes its claim Too innocent to justify or lay blame And you were chosen as your fate, But not by worth So many kind reflections That you made upon this earth And I remember your tiny hands on my face Make-believes and whispers smothered in grace Now the memories are silent without a refrain But the essence of your world will not echo in vain I can hear you laughing In the pointed face of d**h With the ebbing of your strength And shallowed breath And if I just close my eyes I see A pale shadow of me Looked into a mirror at my own mortality And I remember as I stood at your side The times when my emotions Were swallowed by pride Now the memories are silent without a refrain But the essence of your world Will not echo in vain There was a calm storm in your eyes As your fingers around me curled Not an atom of surprise When your spirit left this world Under the clouded veil of night, A snowflake hit the ground And you pa**ed into Heaven's light Without a sound