Ianthe's Prayer

[Verse 1] I burned my feet on the dawnlit stone, Called your name with a throat full of bone. Myron sailed when the stars went pale— And I ain’t heard nothin’ but the cold and the gale. [Verse 2] I lit a lamp ‘fore the sea could rise, Hung his name on the breakin’ sky. Eos, if you wear that gold, Then shine it now on the boy I hold. [Chorus – with harmony] Rose-fingered light, roll back that tide— Bring my sailor boy back alive. If the stars have sunk, if the dark won’t part— Then burn your flame on this breakin’ heart. [Verse 3] Nyx come down with her silken blade, Cut the moon and the maps we made. And me? I’m prayin’ with my teeth half ground, With salt on my skin and my knees in the ground. [Chorus – stronger] Rose-fingered light, tear through that shroud— Call his name like a thunder cloud. I got no shield, I got no sail— Just you, and this prayer, and a love that wails. [Bridge – whispered/spoken over flute and distant drumming] Don’t need no prophet... Don’t need no sign... I just need that sun to rise in time. ‘Cause if he’s gone... And the sea took his name... Then let me rise first in your morning flame. [Final Chorus – slow and aching] Rose-fingered light, take me too— Make me a star that walks with you. Let me burn just ahead of your flame… And whisper his name... whisper his name.