What Remains?

What remains of my beloved, the one I loved? (rpt)

The crops in the field are no longer our own,
The blood in our bodies the heart would bemoan.

What remains of my beloved, the one I loved? (rpt)

The fields of this harvest have all been mown,
The seeds of our destiny all been sown.

What remains of my beloved, the one I loved? (rpt)

The waters of ocean are barren as bone,
The fortunes of men have sunk like a stone.

What remains of my beloved, the one I loved? (rpt)

Making a world that we cannot condone,
Leaving a world that our children atone.

What remains of my beloved, the one I loved? (rpt)

And now that the darkness around us has grown,
The path we would follow cannot be known.

What remains of my beloved, the one I loved? (rpt)
What remains?