Smokestack Faerie - Lanterns Fade

When I landed here entire cities fell
Around me hurricanes consumed my cell
I'd never been so free from the lock on my wrist
And I saw the lanterns fade into the mist

As the whispered hate fades in flurries of snow
Every scorching summer seems so long ago
I didn't win but there's no longer a need to fight
Where I see the lanterns fade into the night

A slowly growing path
Of steps that I leave
Deep in the snow

Pale horizons meld
Into my feet
As the masks fall

And you follow me
And you follow me
And you follow me

To see how high we can fall
Into the sunrise, into the storm
To see how far we have come
We know what is out there, we know what is ours
We always know each other as lanterns fade

Old leaves on the ground
Withering faster every year as autumns go
And the memory of snow erodes
In endless glares on endless tarmac fields

Where's your laughter when we're dead
Where's your hand when only its ghost remains in mine
Where's our home when the windows burst
Where's our zeal when lives burn out
At least we have each other when lanterns fade

No one saves the statues from the storm
That sweeps so far below
Even stones will crumble if no one's there
To see what's written down

And will I then fight to see
The day when all has faded away

In the sand, lonely footsteps
Loud storms are close but now there's only moonlight
And I see all the masks fall
As we walked along and saw how high we fell
In the woods, lonely voices
As you sing the songs I thought had disappeared
We are there in the shadows
Playing with the lanterns, letting them fly off

Here on the endless path
Silent as the grave
I chase a dream

Leafless trees
Tower over me
As I start to run

And I follow you
And I follow you
And I follow you

To see how long I can last
Dreaming of the sunrise, fall into the storm
To see how far I will go
I don't know what is out there, but I've known your face

At least I've known your face in the light of lanterns
I've known you

When lanterns fade in the village down the street
Scattered windows open up to barren heat
When water bleeds into endless night skies
And we're still going but you're wondering why

When lanterns fade in the bars along the street
When lanterns fade in the bars around your heart
When lanterns fade in the snap-bone ground
When lanterns fade in the stories of our wounds

When lanterns fade in fog
When lanterns fade in time
When lanterns fade in dusk
When lanterns fade in fire
When lanterns fade

As the trains ground to a silent halt
All the storms and sunlight shrunk into the vault
The rift between us has spanned untold miles
And here in the rain I see your endless smile

Written by:
Tim Reus

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