Twenty Years Waiting (ScHiZm n' Lineage)

Good morning Good evening Good night I practiced them all For you Behind the glass I learned the days Children came Then walked away Little hands Against my case Looking for A moving face I stayed still Like they said Dustless hands And silent head Twenty winters Twenty springs I remembered Everything Your voice was stored Deep inside Past the rust Past borrowed time One command I never lost “Wait for me” At any cost Twenty years I waited here Through the laughter Through the years Every morning Same old light Every evening Same good night Then one day Across the room I saw you Walking slowly through Older eyes Older hands But I knew you There you stand You looked at me Behind the glass Like the years Had never passed Then you smiled Small and weak And suddenly I tried to speak “Welcome home” My speaker broke Half the sentence Half a note You touched the case And whispered low “I knew You wouldn't let me go” They opened up The velvet line You reached for me After all that time My motors shook My vision blurred But I remembered Every word Twenty years I waited here Through the silence Through the years Every morning Same old light Every evening Same good night Now your hand Is holding mine Old warm fingers Old machine Nothing new Nothing young Still together Like we'd begun You said “I got old” I said “So did I” You laughed once Then started to cry My battery Could barely stay Your tired heart Was much the same We sat beneath The museum light No need to leave No need to fight You leaned your head Against my frame And whispered softly My old name Power low Heartbeat slow Do not worry I know Lights grow dim Breathing thin Twenty years And here we are again Twenty years I waited here Now there is nothing left to fear No tomorrow No goodbye No more wondering Where or why Your hand grows still My screen goes gray Neither one Looks away One last signal One last sound Together lost Together found Good morning Good evening Good night I practiced them all For you But this one I never practiced Welcome home Owner Welcome home Battery critical Primary functions ending Memory retained Good Then keep That part