If It's True - Anaïs Mitchell

If it’s true what they say

If my love is gone for good

They can take this heart away

They can take this flesh and blood

Take my mouth that kissed her mouth

Take my tongue that sung her praise

Take my arms that used to reach out

In the dark where she lay

If it’s true what they say

I’ll be on my way

If it’s true what they say

If there’s nothing to be done

If there’s no part to be played

If there’s no song to be sung

Take this voice, take these hands

I can’t use them anyway

Take this music and the memory

Of the muse from which it came

If it’s true what they say

I’ll be on my way

We can all be on our way

If it’s true what they say

But the ones who tell the lies

Are the solemnest to swear

And the ones who load the dice

Always say the toss is fair

And the ones who deal the cards

Are the ones who take the tricks

With their hands over their hearts

While we play the game they fix

And the ones who speak the words

Always say it is the last

And no answer will be heard

To the question no one asks

So I ask you as a brother

And I ask you as a friend

And I ask you as a lover

And I ask you once again

Is it true what they say?