Remnant
I was dreaming of her offering
of the perfume on her wrist
the sweetness and the nearness
of her skin just like a kiss
The pang as it’s withdrawn and
disappears into the mist
the yearning and the burning
to be more, much more than this
The love that outlasts love’s withering away
The light that lives on when night swallows the day
The soul that remains when all faith in the soul is dead
The hope that’s still there when all hope has fled
I was driving through the forest
where they made the atom bomb
out of clay and stone and timber
and the universal thrum
I heard my father singing
in the bare and ruined choir
the echoes of existence
in the ashes and the fire
The love that outlasts love’s withering away
The light that lives on when night swallows the day
The soul that remains when all faith in the soul is dead
The hope that’s still there when all hope has fled
Lyrics ©2018 by Chris Floyd/Music ©2018 by Nick Kulukundis