Day by day I have watched you travel Over the barriers I have laid. One by one all my spells unravel. Can it be you will win today? Here at last by my door you stand, Reaching out with your wizard's mind. "What do you want?" I ask of you. You say, "Give me the power!" But the power is mine. Day by day I have watched you travel Over the barriers I have laid. Thread by thread, seen my life unravel. Now I fear I will die today. There you wait, so young and cruel, Strong and lovely, as once was I. You do not care what you take from me, But the price I paid, you will not deny! Day by day as your life unravels Over the barriers time has laid, Strange and cruel is the road you'll travel, Driven mad by the long hard way. The will you wield no longer yours; You may only act as the Gods decree. No desire or love may bind. Come, foolish one, take my life from me.