Conspiracy of Violet, Elizabeth Schmitz - Whispered Tethys Lyrics

So you've come, now, back where breath began
The place where I gave Life
I cradled you, protecting you
Suspending you
I've expected you
I watched you climb out to my shores
And grow tall and proud
And see! the things you've learned and made
You've earned and paid
What you've burned and frayed
The flags you raised
The crowns you wore
All fail and fade in this Deep

Welcome, child, welcome home

You've returned, perhaps, for answers
To questions you may ask
Of "whens" and "wheres", and whispered "whys"
And desperate cries through tearful eyes
Who will hear confession?
Who here to care for doubts?

Welcome, child, I'll hold you
Welcome home, I'll hold you
My child, my dear child

Poor child, poor child, dry your eyes
Dear child, dear child, cold and blind
My child, my child, lost and tired
Seeking light in the night

Hope's alive
Hope's alive
Hope's alive

Near dawn, hold on!
Storm's gone, hold on!

And now, here, at the end of things
The failing and the fall
You hold, still reaching for the Light
The lum'nous white in the Sun's far bright
But now, here, at this twilight hour
You'll hear my sighing voice

Do not sleep!
The darkness cannot keep; it's harmless
Light was made Love within you!

Now is time: take my seas
Go forth, child