There is an answer Some day we will know And you will ask her Why she had to go We live and die We laugh and we cry And you must take away the pain Before you can begin to live again By heaven blessed Looking into the lake of hope To nourish and to soften The petals of a dying rose Memories deep inside Are as pure as the whitest rose That will bloom Throughout an October moon The withering of the rose Where the angels send to gather Now you're by yourself But some day we will be together By heaven blessed Looking into the lake of hope To nourish and to soften The petals of a dying rose