Stay with me, oh sweet clarity Certainty like lightning Companionship a rarity Oh stay with me, my clarity Of an evening so far afield A firefly he guided In deepest dark he made our way Then on my arm alighted Stay with me, oh sweet clarity Certainty like lightning Companionship a rarity Oh stay with me, my clarity The light on the wall from the dormer through the shade Was slatted, agitated It drew him to and he could see his grave And all the streetlamps faded The last one ended candidly: He said "In love you don't fear dying" And she said, "It's only that I loved you so I know you to be lying" In the hedges we heard a sound A black-eyed dog to haunt you But the worst of that's over now We can go where we want to So stay with me my clarity Certainty like lightning Companionship such a rarity Oh stay with me, my clarity