Garden of Sleep

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Woman] You left a thimble by the stair, A silver button, thread of blue; The house remembers how you laughed, Though every clock insists we’re through. [Verse 2: Man] I found your map beneath the glass, Where painted forests crossed the sea; One little road ran off the page, And ended where you used to be. [Pre-Chorus: Woman and Man] If sleep can build a bridge of leaves, If morning lets the lost return, I’ll follow where the fireflies drift, Past every lantern, every fern. [Chorus: Duet] Carry me softly through the garden of sleep, Where the bluebells bow and the old wells keep All the names we were afraid to say; Hold me awhile till the dream gives way. Though dawn may loosen the silver seam, You’ll still be near in the fold of the dream. [Verse 3: Woman] The moon wore lace around its face, The foxes watched from painted stone; I heard your footsteps on the moss, Then woke to find the room alone. [Verse 4: Man] I kept one page you never filled, A blank white sail against the night; I’ll write the path we couldn’t take, And leave the final line in white. [Bridge: Duet] If you are only made of memory, Then memory, stay a little while; Let every thorn become a rose, Let every tear remember how to smile. [Final Chorus: Duet] Carry us softly through the garden of sleep, Where the bluebells bow and the old wells keep All the names we were afraid to say; Hold us awhile till the dream gives way. Though dawn may loosen the silver seam, We’ll find each other in the fold of the dream. [Outro: Woman and Man, with humming choir] Thread of blue, silver seam, Meet me softly in the dream.