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These candles are not dancing. Well of course not, nor the flames They're calling while you're romancing In a language they can't explain We can all see it but none speak it So the messages are lost The language of breathing fire Casting shadows from across They exhaust themselves with candles When the flame gives out they speak Then we hear the voice that was talking through the fire I saw but could not know Only the dying breath made waves my ears require There was actually something in the warm glow I could smell the words you would tell me Every sense took in your messages but I (ignored) (mistook) (how could I have known) them as mundane Every sun must cast a shadow Every candle is the same.
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Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24, 2015 at 8:47 PM UTC
These Candles Are Not Dancing
These candles are not dancing. Well of course not, nor the flames They're calling while you're romancing In a language they can't explain We can all see it but none speak it So the messages are lost The language of breathing fire Casting shadows from across They exhaust themselves with candles When the flame gives out they speak Then we hear the voice that was talking through the fire I saw but could not know Only the dying breath made waves my ears require There was actually something in the warm glow I could smell the words you would tell me Every sense took in your messages but I (ignored) (mistook) (how could I have known) them as mundane Every sun must cast a shadow Every candle is the same.
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Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24, 2015 at 8:47 PM UTC
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