NAPHTA

Her last words were driven by hazard
My last hopes embraced by the distance

And I wanted to give her stars
but she wanted to make them suns
And I wanted to give her blue
but she wanted to make it night
And she had to give me sand
and I had to make a sandwatch
And she had to give
my time to receive

I took all the feathers
from the sand
and learn all my lessons
with bloody hands
In the air
all things I left
waiting for her
waiting to move

Tonight the Sun shines so dark
and guides me
into a new morning of the past
where I born traped
delivered into fevers
shiver down
in the cradle of all motion
Pure I'm retaining you

You could sell
this burning hell
that the wind does not carry away
I just want
something
to complete the moments you emptied
Memories
statues of ice
I am frozen inside
Everything you left
remains the same
and no one is allowed to move it
Loneliness
has a new sense
since the moment I met you
Emptiness fades in
I fade away
the words do the same

January '99