Calypso’s Island

Calypso’s Island

[Verse 1] Morning came in gold Over water without scars No smoke upon the distance No blood beneath the stars

The trees leaned down in silence The shore forgot the storm And every wave that found me Returned me to the warm

[Pre-Chorus] There are prisons made of iron There are cages made of stone And there are hands so gentle They almost feel like home

[Chorus] On Calypso’s island The days do not grow old The sea lies still around me Like a mirror made of gold

She offers me forever With no winter in the flame But I would trade the endless sun To hear her speak my name

[Verse 2] She walks among the cedars Where the evening gathers blue And speaks of rest as mercy For a man the world dragged through

No oars, no cries, no thunder No gods across the foam Only fruit upon the table And the ache of going home

[Pre-Chorus] I have slept beneath her kindness I have woken into light But a bed can become an ocean If it holds you every night

[Chorus] On Calypso’s island The days do not grow old The sea lies still around me Like a mirror made of gold

She offers me forever With no winter in the flame But I would trade the endless sun To hear her speak my name

[Bridge] Do not give me deathless mornings If the years have lost their road Do not crown me with the sunlight If I must wear it alone

For the wound is where I keep her For the ache is how I know That somewhere past the quiet sea There is still a door, still home

[Instrumental Passage]

[Final Chorus] On Calypso’s island The days do not grow old The sea lies still around me Like a mirror made of gold

She offers me forever With no shadow and no shame But I would leave immortal shores To hear her speak my name

[Outro] The waves move softly But they never bring me near And every perfect morning Is another stolen year