The Circle Maker (Demo)

[Refrain]

How strange I am to all

How strange to sleep so long

[Verse]

Not a soul, not a soul

Will meet my gaze or greet me

And the carob tree’s brittle leaves

Rattle hoarsely on the wind

[Chorus]

“You are out of time

You are out of favor

You are but a cipher

You are the circle maker

You are out of time

You are out of favor

You are but a cipher

You are the circle maker

[Refrain]

“How strange you are to all

How strange to sleep so long

[Bridge]

“How strange to grow so old

And to never grow up

And to never grow tall

And to never grow wise

And to never grow anything

But smaller and farther away”

[Refrain]

How strange I am to all

How strange to sleep so long

[Verse]

But in sleep, I may dream

Fairy lights illuminating everything

Everyone gathered all around me

Singing a song

[Instrumental]

[Bridge]

Only the carob tree

Will keep me company

Oh, bitter friend

Oh, beloved enemy

A symbol of the time gone by

And stretching out in front of me

A lonely life of any length is like eternity

[Chorus]

And I am out of time

I am out of favor

I am but a cipher

I am the circle maker

Praying for the rain

Then paying for the prayer

Begging for a sign that I was

Ever even there

[Refrain]

How strange I am to all

How strange to sleep so long

[Outro]

To sleep to feel seen

To sleep perchance to dream