Shadows of Leaves on Red Brick – Cinder Well Lyrics
Shadows of leaves on red brick
Shadows of leaves on concrete
Flickering through the tall buildings
Making their way from the hot sun to your face
I am all too aware of endings
Of goodbyes, of packing the suitcase
Lost items, too many to fit
Too heavy to carry through the doorway
The dreams we have of each other from afar
Characters thin, impressions like the leaves on the brick
The inverse of the ever present light
Shows us our shape, untrue and impermanent
I will see you again
When the sun and the moon meet over your head
Eclipsing each other for a moment
Pinch the flame of the match between two fingers
We’ve put each other out
And only in the absence of light
Can we really see the stillness
The leaves don’t seem to be dancing
It is only the sound of the wind
Through dry wood, stark as it is
When all your glow has left me
Can we make it out of the forest of dry leaves
Parched from summer’s hot endings
Invisible in the absence of sun
Blind darkness like a vacuum
Dense closing in air at the bottom of a well
Without any sense of which way is out
I put one foot in front of what feels like another and repeat
Though I cannot sense you in the void
I hope your form nears the path I am carving
I imagine somewhere like the top of a well
A cover shielding light away from darkness
A curtain, a sliding door
A two way mirror, a veil
An opening
When we push the cap aside
Light streams in, a crescent moon, a blinding sliver
Eyes water together
As we find our form again
