to be read to the melody of In Autumn by Random Goldfish
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(piano) 0:03
Nights change into autumn
like her pale countenance, cold;
as death appears-
seizing her hand from mine…
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(interlude)
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(harp) 0:18
Autumn leaves spiral down,
too early in the season,
time stands still,
mysteries
ring in the bell tower…
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(cello) 0:30
Had I been immortal
perhaps I could have saved her;
tragedy follows me-
dark, like a raven…
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(harp) 0:42
“Don’t blame thyself,
sorrowful one;
time tolls for us all, here;
she... is at peace now,
soon, we will all be…”
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(cello) 0:54
Autumn winds whispering
from the dim shadow,
telling me that she waits
out in deep meadow …
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(strings) 1:06
Autumn years, cast among clouds
stay with me, to pray,
waiting for
the day when we’re together…
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(harp) 1:18
Time turning my heart to leaves,
dry, crumbling,
as they will
when trod by loneliness,
passing slow
toward the winter fields…
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(cello) 1:30
...that’s when I hear her
call…
calling from the dreams
I’ve been imprisoned in…
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(cello) 1:42
Autumn days
return… as I rain,
forever lost within
long remembered autumn days…
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(harp) 1:54
Autumn waves, chilling winds
carry back our memories
that we had shared
in days
when the leaves fell…
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(cello) 2:06
(interlude: the memories…)
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(harp) 2:30
(interlude: the dreams…)
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(piano) 2:42
Days fade into autumn,
hearts find a new spring rain;
hands touch in the moonlight,
dreams are forever sealed...
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(piano) 2:57
New hands found;
dreams are sealed;
a new
autumn day begins.
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