Lily Of The Midnight Sky

Over the slow slide of continents

Over the salt pans pipelines masts and pavilions

Shimmering crescent moon recedes into working dawn --

Lone crow against pallid sky

Single plume of white smoke on yellow speckled plain

Yellowing leaves sparkle in cold breeze --

Wave patterns among wave patterns

Particles disperse and rejoin Dissolve and reform like the lining of a womb

Still The cold of your absence blows from

The silent TV, the parking lot The balcony with clothes waving good-bye hello

In the rising day You keep fading away Don't

I know that you're always around

I can reach you if I try Lily of the midnight sky

Solders of sunrise -- shooting into a forest of flowers

Slow motion Petals float into pink crimson white

Grow wings Flutter into mountainous distance

Flutter like a stadium full of applauding hands

I raise a fist to the marauding sun that has hidden you away

I'm the rag in a bottle of gasoline

Longing to ignite Ich will alles All of you --

Shining on the panther skin of night

Mirrored in a black lake in a night that glistens like blood on gold

Nobody else could be you If only I could see you

I should be able to touch you somehow I can reach you if

I try Lily of the midnight sky

While you look from on high Spare a smile as

I Put on my dog mask and howl for you

I can reach you if I try Lily of the midnight sky