The Lunar Cycle (lyrics)
I. Starlit
As I try to regulate my soul
As I try to make sure I’ll stay awake
Where the life once glimmered in gold
Just another memory out of place
Question; would you dare to help me?
Would you dare to take a risk?
Or would you stay safe in your box?
Out of view, and security wins against freedom
As I gaze at the stars above
Eyes focused on the unknown
Into the lake I had dove
The lake of fire, the crystal dome
Everywhere, I see joy
Reality at it’s purest
Here I am, a forgotten boy
I’m feeling tired, time to rest
Starlit, just like the skies
Starlit, just like the fluttering wings
One may live and one always dies
I remember the young girl who used to sing
For me…
II. Innocuous
Sunlight running through my mind
As a pacifist, life must always go on
With love, desperately finding the ties that bind
How can you go wrong when you never have to run?
Here, I’m here to help
To give you a hand
No need to exert yourself
I’m running through the sands
But as they say
Every cloud has its silver lining
There will always be the end of an day
When the night falls, a bell is chiming
Harmless, banal
That’s what some call me
And I honestly agree
At least someone has the gall
Naivety, forget and forgive
So pure but so fragile
It may take longer to grieve
Help me now, the lonely child
Dreary days begin to be more common
As the sun seems to set earlier
As my childhood ends, one life is gone
And the winter has arrived, my life turns swirly
But I still recall, that once upon a time
The times in the fields as a young, impressionable child…
Maybe I was better off dead after that...
III. Summer
I imagine it all ends someday
I didn’t believe in life after death
I never did have anything to say
I just inhaled for a deep breath
And so did I venture off on my own
I didn’t go anywhere, though
And so, when my heart began to glow
I knew love had begun to grow
“Your smile, the perfect one”
I remember it all so fondly
I never asked where it was from
But I just knew, that it was built to last
And so when summer came
Our happy selves reached into eternity
No endings, just fun and games
The eyes that held that serenity
But as suddenly as it started
It was over and as I ran forwards
I knew it was too late
And as life went onwards
I didn’t have a second glance at all
But I was the young girl who sang
I was the lonely child
I was there when the bell rang
And I felt when my mind turned mild
I just have one wish left to tell the stars...
IV. To The Moon
Back to the past
Away from my future
And finally, at last
The final overture
Let me tell you a story
It’s a story of him and I
I doubt you’ll feel sorry
Such a long time has passed by
It all starts on a spring night
The lights were low and our spirits were high
So, we went out to get a good sight
I didn’t realize then, but that same memory would make me cry
We went and got out my telescope
And we went out to the hill with the tree
Expecting a wonderful moment, we hoped
And our hopes were confirmed, as the stars agreed
That’s when it struck me like a bolt of thunder
The beautiful moon right above our heads
Having never seen it for its beauty before
And we spent most of the night before returning to our beds
Little did we know
That was the last night we ever spent together
And as he turned to go
I got a sinking feeling but shrugged it off,
And I promised him to write letters
I actually did write that letter
I obviously didn’t post it
And things wouldn’t get better
But that was more than what I could admit
To the moon, to shoot off into space
To be with him, just one last time
And it’s been such a mental race
And once again, the bell began to chime
I had come full circle…
V. Moonshine
”When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon, I cried.”
”I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.”
“Contact light.”
“I feel fine. How about you?”
“I’m coming back in… and it’s the saddest moment of my life.”
It’s the end...but the moment has been prepared for
I was just about to lift off the ground and soar
When tragedy struck and ended it a moment too soon
But at least I’d be with him a moment earlier,
There with him, together on the moon
A life for a life, a mind for a mind
Within the darkness, I was blind
Not to myself but to him
And I was sadder than I had ever been
To the moon, I went…
...and the lunar cycle continued
“Dear Eric...thank you for everything. That one moment, it changed my life. And I will always cherish it and keep it deep in my heart. I will always remember you as my best friend and as the only one I truly loved. Please, don’t forget me...I won’t certainly forget you. And I wish, I truly wish that I could be reunited with you, with us together, at the moon, just like we wanted that night. It all ended a moment too soon, and you wouldn’t have wanted to see me that sad. Oh, I cried and cried. I guess it was only to be expected. But...oh, I can’t come up with anything more to write. I guess I’ll just see you later.
Emily.”
Well, I guess that closes that chapter. This is possibly the last song I write for a long time. I hope it's a good one to end on, at least for now.