Isolde, the sea was dark when I first saw you A wounded stranger carried to your shore You healed the man you never should have trusted And nothing in our lives was simple anymore Tristan, I knew the danger in your silence I knew the kingdom waiting at the end You sailed me toward a man I had to marry And tried to call your breaking heart a friend We drank what wasn't meant for us One cup, one breath, one burning truth The world was waiting for obedience But love had other plans for you If I could turn the ship around I'd turn it before we reached the shore Before the crown, before the vows Before we learned what longing's for But every road would lead me back Every sea would carry me through There was never any safer world Where I did not love you We learned to speak without a single sentence Across the halls where every eye could see A glance became a secret place between us A room where we were reckless, wild and free They called it treason, called it shame and weakness As though a heart obeys a king's command But I would rather lose the world beside you Than live untouched by your forbidden hand If I could turn the ship around I'd turn it before we reached the shore Before the crown, before the vows Before we learned what longing's for But every road would lead me back Every sea would carry me through There was never any safer world Where I did not love you Maybe we were doomed before we knew it Maybe love was waiting in that wine Maybe every choice we thought we made Was written long before your hand found mine Still I would drink it Still I would choose it Knowing every sorrow waiting there One life without you Would hurt me deeper Than one impossible love we dared to share So let the old songs carry us Past castles, kings, and restless seas Long after every crown is dust Remember what became of these Tristan and Isoldeg
