Stolen Midsummer Flame

Ya

layl,

carry my vow

Under

the moon, I return I wore your name

like a

signet ring Pressed in wax beside my heart Every door

in the palace knew We were bound though kept apart Your letter

burned without a flame Still I learned each scarlet word

If love is a blade,

let it find me If night is a veil,

tear it through I crossed the

marble

and the mercy

Only to kneel before you Take

my hand where the roses are burning Take my heart

to the edge

of the sea

I will rise through the storm of returning If your eyes are

waiting for me Ya habibi,

the curtain is falling But our vow will not bow to the

night You left a ribbon on the stair Red as wine and

warm as prayer I followed every turning hall Past the

mirror, past the

wall There in the

hush of painted saints I heard my fate pronounce your name Call

me exile,

call

me flame

Call me the wound

that sings your name I would cross the gates again For one

breath beside

you (ahhhh) Beside you

Take

my hand

where the roses are burning Take my heart to the edge of

the sea I will rise through the storm of returning If your

eyes are waiting for me Ya habibi,

the curtain is falling Still our vow lifts higher than night Hold

me close as the

heavens

are turning Let the dawn find us alive Ya layl,

keep

what we swore

Past the veil, past the shore When

the roses turn to ash I am yours evermore