Lyric

My dear love, why do you stand

With your shoe held in your hand?

I see the flames within your eyes

A fire that sweeps across the land

The sun is setting, stay with me

The evening air is cold and deep

Your shoe’s become a sign today

Of battle and a newer way—

(Of battle and a newer way.)

The poor and weary rise anew

Their hearts burn bright, their hope breaks through

The roots within my garden grow

But flowers bloom so small and slow

I raised you here with love alone

A heart that’s tender, true, and known

But now you march into the fight

With neighbors strong and weak alike

Your shoe’s become a sign today

Of battle and a newer way—

(Of battle and a newer way.)

The poor and weary rise anew

Their hearts burn bright, their hope breaks through

To Memmingen and Leipheim’s gate

Young Thomas calls, the rulers wait

The princes shake inside their walls

Before this wild and rising thrall

My son, I cannot hold you back

Your courage strong, your spirit’s track

Your shoe’s become a sign today

Of battle and a newer way—

(Of battle and a newer way.)

The poor and weary rise anew

Their hearts burn bright, their hope breaks through

Winter comes, the night is cold

Your bed lies empty, stories told

I wait here, thinking of you still

Until the dawn lights up the hill

The shoe now rests within my hand

My heart with yours, forever stands