Leonine, take your sunbath;
when you wake up I’ll be here,
soft of spine, counting whitecaps.
When you wade into the afternoon, I’ll stir;
The summer is waning and I’m here to witness her.
Like the oak, long and haloed,
stake your shadow to my own.
Many-limbed, we may travel
and stray a little, east to west, but never long;
the summer is waning and I’m here to see you home
and it’s coming back slowly, but I know the way –
it’s coming back slowly, but I know the way
and if it takes all my life -
if it takes all my life -
never far, nor foreign,
there’s the arc and the origin
measured in light.
Fire may brood and bloom in canyons,
blow the glass, and bend the steel
but I’ll be true to you, my rude companion;
I’ve known the shape of smoke, and I am hopeful still.
The summer is waning and I’m here to get my fill
and it’s coming back slowly, but I know the way –
it’s coming back slowly, but I know the way
and if it takes all my life -
if it takes all my life -
never far, nor foreign,
there’s the arc and the origin
measured in light.
Some days when you wake before dawn
and I am still climbing through silence, building my body up
I feel you beside me, and I know that I’m waking to what I love.
Never far, nor foreign, there’s the arc and the origin and the beyond.
credits
released January 29, 2019
Written by Nika Aila States
Produced by Jamie Riotto and Nika Aila States
Engineered and Mixed by Jamie Riotto
Vocals: Nika Aila States
Guitars: Mateo Lugo
Piano, click programming: Jamie Riotto
Vibes: Andrew Maguire
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