Colours of a Shade - Robert Plant

The day was old, the light was dim

As I stepped through the door

And all my friends were gathering

That day that I recall

I shivered and shook, Lord I stood

Just waiting to chase the fall

I wondered how my time would be

When spring comes round, once more

I face the wind, I have no choice

But you must guard the hearth

And cast adrift from those I love

Alone I drag my heart

Against the cry of why

I turn my back to go

But out beyond the tears somewhere

Someone, I need to know

It’s only love, in the colours of the shade

It’s only love, in the colours of the shade

All in shades, ah, it’s only love

Old photographs were fading dim

My seed will tell it all

Oh by the Fathers Fathers have Such pain

They read the signs without surprise

Of how they knew it well

And in the mirror still I see

The man, who came from hell

It’s only love, and the colours of the shade

It’s only love, in the colours of the shade

It’s only love, in the colours of the shade They say, they say, they say

It’s only love, it’s only love