Awake and Silent

from The Motels of Oblivion by Circle109

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Awake and silent.

I seek some tenderness in the gift of your memory;

As the city falls into distant embers;

Sharpening towards the bonfire of a final journey;

The distance between your beautiful suburbs;

And the broken tenements of my desire.

The days do weave into a bitter, frozen Winter.

As the seasons turn to face the shores of tomorrow;

Leaving drowned flowers at your window;

The ashes of Time drift on a crematorium wind;

So, shall we swim to the islands of our final season?

Pulled by the moonwind and carried like secret cargo at midnight;

Held captive by those we have lost:

Still hearing their voices in the wind on the plain;

The eyes that peer under starlit skies;

The incense of our dreams drifts to a final benediction:

Of unlit candles and unanswered prayers;

The lamp of my soul burns eternally at the window of your heart;

The Sky caresses the Earth with invisible arms,

While the drowned flowers of your mouth,

wash-up on the distant shores of my final hours,

As I stumble through the blood drenched streets of Cadiz.

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from The Motels of Oblivion, released May 1, 2018
All words and music by Circle109

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