What do I know of life, here in my desolation?
Gone into the gleam of gloom to find sweet consolation

Never yet to find my way upon the sun-lit shores
Never yet traverse that way when oft I’m missing oars

Drown in my morosity, drown forevermore
Down with all the verity that speaks for nevermore

Never yet to taste the sun sweet berries of the earth
Never yet to ride across the downs and dance with mirth

Never yet to feel the flush of love upon my face
Never yet to feel the glow of one whom I embrace

Drown in my morosity, drown forevermore
Down with all the verity that speaks for nevermore

Never yet to battle with the fears that grow within
Never yet to know where I will go and where I’ve been

Never ever once to know the evening from the day
Nevermore to think of what to do and what to say

Drown in my morosity, drown forevermore
Down with all the verity that speaks for nevermore

Never yet to take a bow from on an empty stage
Never yet to find the key, release me from my cage

Never yet to cry for one whose love I shan’t forget
Never yet to be the one to meet and back be met

Drown in my morosity, drown forevermore
Down with all the verity that speaks for nevermore

Never felt the sun upon my gloomy countenance
Never felt the arms of one who leads me in a dance

Never once to build a house for me and for my love
Never quite to feel the smile from my God above

Drown in my morosity, drown forevermore
Down with all the verity that speaks for nevermore

Never yet to laugh with all the joy within my heart
Never yet to cry with one who lets me fall apart

Nevermore stand in the rain and taste my tears of salt
Nevermore to be the one to blame and stand at fault

Drown in my morosity, drown forevermore
Down with all the verity that speaks for nevermore

Drowning in a solitude that makes for me my grave
Drowning in a restless sea from which no man can save