KARDASHEV LYRICS

1. A Frame. A Light.

Breath held by the door on damp-dust window sills
Be awake, no, I can't, I can
The silence tells the truth, why did I wait?
Be awake, no, I can't, I can

Grey from cinder
Kiln words in the fire
Grey from cinder
Kiln words in the fire
Alone

[Instrumental interlude]

Across from me, an empty frame
But light against the wall
Your light against the wall
Come home to me, come home to me
Your light against the wall
Your light against the wall

So long ago
So long ago
So long ago (Come home to me, come home to me)
So long ago (Come home to me, come home to me)

Behind me
Behind me

2. Snow - Sleep

Wait by the river
Something has changed
Something is different, I know, I know

Where have you gone?
It's getting dark
Was I left behind?
You're far away
Where have you gone?

Fear, child hardened by snow
Given up to the cold

Where have you gone?
It's getting dark

Follow along the riverbed
You'll be waiting there
Breathe into your hands

She yields to the ground, white breath above
A quickly waking ghost, she knows
This is the last moon, this is the last time she'll lie awake
Screaming out, asking forgiveness
Mother, please come back

3. Torchpassing

You can sleep in peace
Come to me first
Come to me first
You're home
Come to me first
Come to me first
I know you
There's hope
In the empty spaces

Speak to me
In honest answers now
See the light behind your eyes
And you will find
Every thought you've lost
Echo-songs
From far away
In the woods

Growing still
Growing cold
Your lifeless body…
I won't forget

Patience, I'll wait for the another night
Gracious, I'll wait for another fight

First sight of snow
Sun on the carpet
The smell of our home
When I was so young

The trees won't sing without you
I would sit in your forest forever
Forever
The chanting of your leaves with me for always
For always
I will follow your footsteps
I will walk behind
I will follow your footsteps
I will forget

4. Heartache

I am lost
Without your eyes on my eyes
And the children
They are silent
Unable to understand
You're dead underground
Sleep next to me
Like you did
And like you'll never do again
No strength left
Tell me
How am I supposed to love them on my own?

This is permanent
I am powerless

Perfume bottles
And and an unfinished painting
Our house claims that you're still here

How could you have been
So careless?

There is no god
Who can bring you back
The only truth
Is that our children haven't slept for days
And we are without you







KARDASHEV LYRICS