Oblivion's Gift ft. Junius Lyrics

What sweet amnesia hast thou brought to me?

The firmament and stars reborn anew

I hear the streams that yesterday ran mute

Their banks alive with dulcet melodies

Are these the wheels of nocturnal wayfarers?

What purpose draws them to this mortal realm?

Declare this dwelling newly edificed

Else ivy should adorn its weathered walls

The casements coy resist a careless touch

No dust has deigned to make its pilgrimage

Who is the master here? I ask in vain

And strain to catch a whisper of reply

Yet this abode bears no alien mien

Tis home-like be it yours or be it mine

Within the ebb and flow of parlance dwells

With audible laments and furtive mirth

And slumber natural and beauteous

If but the blustering gales forbear to rouse

Declare this dwelling newly edificed

Else ivy should adorn its weathered walls

The casements coy resist a careless touch

No dust has deigned to make its pilgrimage

Who is the master here? I ask in vain

And strain to catch a whisper of reply

One soul delights in pensive repose

In twilight rambles stretching into night

In sighing at the rustle of rice paper

In gazing at the boughs or vaulted sky

He seems no longer to be part of me

A transient guest I cannot hope to keep

When thou art gone I'll voice an artless song

Bereft of words and lacking melody

Or fashion from a willow branch a switch

Or heed the clamorous tales at alley's end

For time doth not vex those who patient wait

As summer's warmth supplants the vernal chill