Perihelion

from The Southern Cross by Daniel Pattison

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The summer strong, the permanence
That fools us as we permeate the winter.
And from its song of laid constants
That emanates as it creates what wills us.

A hymn to all unlearnt,
A song of you I earnt,
As I give
All it calls to me
In our perihelion

From the drown’d lake
The route the river takes
To its union.

The apsis of the sun
That left our hearts undone
In aphelion.

Where you wake, you will belong with me.
Each day takes another part of me.

I wait for you to realise
I’ve sworn my sins upon your eyes, you know now
And Autumn calls we learn again
To tell ourselves that this can last forever.
All the hope it brings,
Ever-after-ing,
As we give
All we are given
When in Apihelion.

From the drown’d lake
The route the river takes
To its union.

The apsis of the sun
That left our hearts undone
In aphelion.

Where you wake, you will belong with me
Each day takes another memory.

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from The Southern Cross, released April 20, 2013
Daniel Pattison: Vocals, Guitars
Nick Read: Production, Mixing, Mastering

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