| From a distance, she is a line of light, beauty is in her motion and in her stillness, and in the song she would sing... She is singing to the canyon walls, and to the stars above, and to the night, and he is a part of that, but she has not turned to face him yet, she knew that he was there in the canyon, but she is singing up into the sky, as if she knew that he was there too... And it is as if she is singing two parts of herself, or two parts of himself, or two parts of what is true, the lost and the found, the found and the lost... if you cover yourself in armor, sure enough, you'll sink like a stone deep beneath the waves, you're drowning in sorrow how long til you're not alone how long til you're not alone well I really would like to meet you, in the sun upon the sea but I'm down here so low, I just can't let go how long til you swim to me how long til you swim to me if you cover yourself in shadows, sure enough, your eyes can't see deep beneath the day, you're drowning in darkness how long til your eyes can see how long til your eyes can see well I really would like to see you, and to see just like you say but if I've been blind, would you be kind say how long til you swim to me how long til you swim to me because I can see, your armor it's happiness so you sink, every time it isn't true what's in you mind that won't let you be here with me, here with me if I could help carry the weight of the water, don't you know that I'd come down but the water is light, it's such an old fight and how long must I watch you drown tell me how long must I watch you drown I miss you so, don't leave me alone again 'cause I cry, every time we never had what's in your mind that won't let you be here with me, here with me... I miss you so, don't leave me alone again 'cause I cry, every time we never had what's in your mind that won't let you be here with me, here with me... She brought her eyes down from the stars and turned towards him, 'Where were you?' she said, and her voice carried without regard for the distance still between them, and then she was walking towards where he was standing, And then he said, 'I was living in the town,' and he began walking towards her, 'I was living with my family,' he said, 'and with my friends, I love them.' 'They would be very glad to hear you speak so' she said, And she smiled as she said this, and he smiled to hear her words, and there were no roads to travel, just then... (next page...) |