Stay While the Candles Burn | Medieval Fantasy Bard Song

A candlelit medieval serenade about a wandering bard, one quiet evening, and the woman who gives every road and song its meaning. Stay While the Candles Burn is an original romantic medieval-fantasy ballad from Tales of the Broken Lute, told through music and cinematic illustrated scenes. Welcome to Tales of the Broken Lute — original bardic fantasy songs and stories told through music. Subscribe for more tales of love, courage, tragedy and hope. Continue the tales: • The King's Last Wish:    • The King's Last Wish | Three Wishes, a Bro...   • A Love Accursed:    • A Love Accursed | Medieval Fantasy Bard Song   Written and creatively directed by a human creator, with AI-assisted music and visual production. LYRICS Come sit closer, stay awhile, There are words my heart would say; I have carried them in silence, Waiting only for this day. Every song I ever wandered, Every road beneath my feet, Seems to lose its name and meaning When your eyes are turned to me. Let me crown your hair with flowers, Rose and jasmine, soft and white; Let me watch the moon discover How it shines on you tonight. For your lips have stained the sunset, Red upon the fading blue; And I swear the evening borrowed All its loveliest shades from you. Stay while the candles are burning, Stay while the moon climbs above; Let all the wide world keep turning— Tonight let me sing you my love. Come where the starlight can find you, Leave all tomorrow outside; I ask no promise forever— Only stay here by my side. If I could gather all the starlight, I would weave it through your hair; If I could steal the moon from heaven, I would hang it for you there. If the roses had a language, They would whisper as you passed; If the night could hold one moment, I would beg this one to last. I envy every gentle wind That wanders through your hair; It touches softly at your cheek As though it belongs there. Oh, let me be the evening breeze That finds your window wide; I'd enter with the silver moon And settle by your side. No louder than a lover's whisper, No deeper than a sigh, I'd sing until your dreams had taken My melody through the night. Stay while the candles are burning, Stay while the moon climbs above; Let all the wide world keep turning— Tonight let me sing you my love. Come where the starlight can find you, Leave all tomorrow outside; I ask no promise forever— Only stay here by my side. Every night I'll find your dreaming, If your dreams will let me through; I will come as quiet music, Singing only there for you. I will lay a song beside you, Soft as petals on your bed; And the moon will keep my secret While it shines above your head. When the first pale light of morning Draws its gold across the sky, Perhaps you'll hear one fading cadence Like a kiss that passed you by. There are nights the stars seem countless, There are seas too wide to name; There are fires that die by morning— Mine for you still burns the same. I have seen a hundred sunsets, I have watched the spring return; Never once did all their beauty Teach my heart the way you burn. So if someday I lose my singing, If my hands forget the strings, I will only have to see you To remember why man sings. I do not know what dawn will bring us, I will make no borrowed vow; I only know the world is beautiful Because you're near me now. So give me neither oath nor promise, Only look at me this way; And if your hand should find my fingers, Let the night decide to stay. Stay while the candles are burning, Stay while the moon climbs above; Let all the wide world keep turning— Tonight let me sing you my love. Stay till the stars lose their silver, Stay till the darkness turns blue; And if tomorrow you dream of me, I'll still be singing to you. I'll be the breeze at your window, I'll be the song in the night; I'll be the whisper that finds you When moonlight falls soft and white. So keep one flower from this evening, Keep one melody when we're through; And whenever the night wind finds you— Know that I'm singing to you. #MedievalFantasy #BardSong #FantasyMusic