Lilac Blooms (Under the Rising Moon) - Tina Malia

Long is the river, flowing to the sea

And in my blood a shiver, rising in me Across the horizon, far beyond the sky

Is a land that I dream of Where a sparrow takes flight

And you come to me like a flame

I warm my hands on the breath of life

Still haunted by the coldness that came

Torn between the love and sorrow inside

And you come to me like a thorn

A garland of roses around my head

Sweet and sacred as the sun

Beautiful 'til my fingers bled

Under the black, under the night

Under the darkest thing you know

There is a light, there is a fire

There is an everlasting glow

And I’ll meet you there, in the lilac blooms

And well dance and sing under the rising moon

And there is a place I know

Where a songbird sings high upon a hill

I can hear her from the knoll

When my breath is quiet ad the air is still

Under the black under the night

Under the darkest thing you know

There is alight, there is a fire

There is an everlasting glow

And Ill meet you there, in the lilac blooms

And we’ll dance and sing under the rising moon

And you leave me now for a while

Long is the journey to the other side

But I am comforted still

When I think of you smiling like a child