Into The Nightingale

[Verse 1] My heart is heavy with invisible wine A fading sun, a trembling line The world is thick with dust and days But I hear your song, and drift away [Verse 2] You sing beyond this mortal sky Where youth won’t fade and none must die No hunger there, no aching bones Just endless dark and silver tones [Pre-Chorus] Take me where no shadows cling Where sorrow sleeps beneath your wing [Chorus] Oh, nightingale, sing me gone Out of this world and into your song Where time can’t chase, and pain won’t find The place beyond the human mind Oh, nightingale, I’m coming slow On wings of sound, where no one knows [Verse 3] I do not fear the gentle grave If it’s your voice that digs the cave Let me dissolve like midnight dew If death is sweet, and sung by you [Pre-Chorus] You live in song, forever free While I wear bones and memory [Chorus] Oh, nightingale, sing me gone Out of this world and into your song Where time can’t chase, and pain won’t find The place beyond the human mind Oh, nightingale, I’m coming slow On wings of sound, where no one knows [Bridge – ghostly, ambient] Was it a dream or was it true? The stars looked down — they never knew You flew, and I remained in dust Still breathing, but no longer just [Final Chorus – soaring, layered vocals] Oh, nightingale, I heard your cry But I must stay beneath this sky Still I will write you in my veins Immortal voice through mortal pain Oh, nightingale, though you are far I’ll chase your song into the stars