Comments: Companion poem to Chapter 20 of Retribution. Kambei's thoughts in front of Kyuzo's grave. This can be sung to Kirara's theme (The Water Witch) on the S7 soundtrack.

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Whether you would stay
Or whether we would part
What would I have given
To learn the song in your heart?

So many things to say
I don't know where to start
Will there be a day
When we won't be apart?

Chorus:
I need to know I can see you again
When I cross to the other side
What can I do to show you that I care
When at last I meet you there?

Whether you should stay
Or whether we should part
What would I have given
To put a song in your heart?

Tell me of the way
To reach your distant heart
But maybe it was fate
We were doomed from the start?

Chorus:
What would I give to hold your hand?
How do I let you know?
What can I do to make you understand
That I could be your friend?

Or more than a friend…