[Intro]
O what can ail you, wandering one,
Alone beneath the fading sun?

[Verse 1]
I found her where the wild flowers lean,
A lady bright with eyes serene.
Her hair was dusk, her smile was flame,
She spoke my heart before my name.

[Pre-Chorus]
I made a crown of meadow bloom,
She sang away the coming gloom.
She looked at me with sorrow sweet,
And all the earth fell at her feet.

[Chorus]
Lady in the meadow, where did you go?
You left me dreaming under snow.
Your song was honey, your kiss was rain,
Now the pale hill calls my name.
Lady in the meadow, beautiful and far,
Were you the wound or were you the star?
I wake alone where cold winds blow,
Still loving what I cannot know.

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]
She took me to a shadowed place,
And tears were shining on her face.
She whispered words I could not keep,
Then folded me into a sleep.

[Bridge]
I saw kings with their mouths of stone,
Princes pale and all alone.
They cried to me from dream and dust,
Love is hunger, love is trust.

[Chorus]
Lady in the meadow, where did you go?
You left me dreaming under snow.
Your song was honey, your kiss was rain,
Now the pale hill calls my name.
Lady in the meadow, beautiful and far,
Were you the wound or were you the star?
I wake alone where cold winds blow,
Still loving what I cannot know.

[Outro]
O what can ail you, wandering one,
The song remains when she is gone.