A Request (Remastered 2023)

If we should meet, if we should meet, in mercy pass me by;

Give me no word, give me no word of greeting as you go;

There is so much between us, there is so much between us that must die.

Pass on in silence; it were better so.

Touching your hand, touching your hand the past would live again;

Hearing your voice, hearing your voice the old dead griefs would rise;

We are not strong enough, we are not strong enough to bear this pain.

So pass me by with silent downcast eyes;

So pass me by with silent downcast eyes.

If we should meet, if we should meet,

In mercy pass me by; in mercy pass me by.