Echo

What do you want me to do? I clawed at the face of the earth I clawed at my own face I cried out no! no! Without you I became stone without you I rolled to the end of the world the sky is moonless the night is dark there is no galaxy anymore without you I rolled to the end of the world the sound of the tribe's mourning drums is coming my stony cry has risen no! no! a voice is coming a voice lost in existence maybe it is you! maybe it is the sound of your cry no! no! don't let me go! Does it make a difference whether I am in hell or paradise when I am stone? Say it! you will come back say I will come to life say I can weep sea upon sea in your arms. The moon has withered the sun burns say you will come time has slowed down say you will come above time say I should wait wait wait say I should count the grains of sand when I have counted them all you will come. One two ten eleven a million I am at the far end of the world I am counting the sands the sound of the waves is coming a lost voice has come near melodious like the sound of your breathing only with you was everything melodious like the sound of your breathing I became a child I became small with a child's great longing. Delighted, I am gazing into your eyes into your eyes that broke into laughter in your face in your face: carved forever on my stone. The music of your breathing is coming at the end of my world the sound of your running is coming: hadn't you gone? you had hidden in me in me!...