The night is dark, the footsteps in deathlike silence are like hammers falling down At the anvil of painful memories the rain is falling into mirrors of pools Walk within the alleys bordered by majestic elms-that whisper the chorale of an ancient song The drops are falling from the leaves like pearls of tears-the darkness in which the blood is dripping from the wounds Chorus: And nobody feels the pain deep in my heart And nobody hears the choir of the darkest woe The murmurs in the branches of trees How many times yet the winter comes without warning-how many times was shining December's moon How long ago it was-the house at Whidbey Island was burning- and inside was dying a brave hero-betrayed and alone Chorus: And nobody feels the pain deep in my heart And nobody hears the choir of the darkest woe The murmurs in the branches of trees