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#6 of 20.

love,

eric.

recaptured
be a runaway
a runaway
i dare you to take my hand

moonlight
heard a song that fell like moonlight
and knives
on the rooftops of the deeps

colours
thought too rare to rediscover
wake up
rainbow memories of white reefs

pounding through the surf
buzzing like bees
through the underworld
spies and jewel thieves

we all know the score
the stealing of a moment more
music scents the air from
i don’t know where
i don’t know where

do you feel the world turning faster
are we still in time
is the dream the spell or the caster
can the perfect crime be
recaptured

come and run away
run away
i dare you to take my hand

promise
wrote a song that made its promise
lossless
across a century of dark sleep

raptures
swirls of nevers and forever afters
every circle incomplete

pounding through the surf
right beside me
through the underworld
spies and jewel thieves

we all know the score
the sweetness in a moment more
music scents the air from
i don’t know where
i don’t know where

do you feel the world turning faster
are we still in time
is the dream the spell or the caster
can a beam of light be
recaptured

the music in us is free
so kick off your shoes love
and pick up the beat

rode the polar bear out
in shadow
gathered our strength
under the ripe stars
on the battlefield of our echoes
let it be love
leading the charge

(lyrics and music written and performed by e. howden; from “raised by swans is the name of a man, volume 2: run with the silent wildfires”, out now everywhere)