Immortal Bird

*** Remake of the poem "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats (1819). *** [Instrumental intro] [Verse 1] My heart aches, heavy in my chest Like I drank the poison, let it do the rest One soft sigh and I’m sinking low Where memories fade and the cold winds blow It’s not your freedom that I crave, It’s the beauty in the song you gave Light-winged spirit in the trees, Singing out in endless ease. [Pre-Chorus] O, to drink the warm South sky, Taste the wild earth, and close my eyes, Dance with ghosts in fields unseen, Fade into the forest green… [Chorus] Fade far away, dissolve, forget The fevered cries, the cold regrets Where Beauty falls and young hearts die, Take me there, where summer flies. Fade far away, fade far away. (Far away) [Instrumental interlude] [Verse 2] No need for chariots in the sky, I ride the broken wings of rhyme The Queen-Moon wears her silver crown, While I’m sinking underground Can’t see the flowers at my feet, But I can smell the midnight sweet, Musk-rose kisses in the dark, Soft as a prayer, lost as a spark. [Chorus] Fade far away, dissolve, forget The fevered cries, the cold regrets Where Beauty falls and young hearts die, Take me there, where summer flies. Fade far away, fade far away. (Far away) [Outro: half-whispered, dreamy] Half in love with Death’s soft sigh, Whispered promises, a midnight high, Still you sing, while I fall asleep, Dreaming of seas, dreaming so deep… [Instrumental fade out]