Lyrics

Once upon a time,
shadows would creep over the attic dust,
moist dark eyes would seek the comforting night,
I would want the sky to weave me into stardust,
Once upon a time,
I would burn alone in the long lonely winters,
Silence between me and the crackling fire,
Alive, but dead with unspoken desire,
Once upon a time.
Silent memories lay asleep in wordless rooms,
My breath was chained in the old oak?s leaf,
That crowded antique shop still holds my grief,
Once upon a time,
That was once a time.

Like an awakened seaweed in the bottom of the sea,
Like the returning sun, after the monsoon rain,
Like a bird flying over the sunny meadow,
I watched the letting go of my pain, all that pain.

After a long silence
I can now sing aloud my dreams
After a long silence
words can now find their way,
After a long silence
life is as simple as it seems,
After a long silence
we?ll know what the stars must say.
After a long silence

I am no longer a rose under the lost stones,
After a long silence
The strains of the violin will become a song,

After a long silence
I can feel music in my bones,
After a long silence
I want to hold you all night long.
After a long silence,
My dreams are sealed by fire,
After a long silence
The moon is rising in my life,
After a long silence
I ache with eternal desire,
After a long silence
I am happy as a clam,
After a long silence
I am who I am.

There?s nothing you can?t say if you want to say it,
There?s nothing to shut the doors of your heart,
There?s nothing to stop the sun rising every day,
There?s nothing at all to make you fall apart.
But say it all while there?s still time,
Let the clouds of doubt never waver for long,
Don?t stay silent forever, it?s a crime,
Don?t leave your life, an unsung song.
After a long silence,
Say what you must,
After a long silence,
Everything will fall in place,
After a long silence,
Just have faith,
And trust,
trust,
and trust.

Author: Ishita Rungta
COPYRIGHT 2007 Ishita and Gopal Rungta