YOUR SATELLITE & OUR SIGNAL FIRE

from GOLD by Asela Perera

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I wonder if there's clarity in your stride,
In your journey to the light,
No doubts that linger.

Spilled the words that fill you to the brim,
Lived your heartaches and then the whims,
Would you call it life fulfilled?

So tell me friend, in your final hour,
Have you struck your list and signaled down the tower?
For your departure now.

As you take flight into the sky,
Shining down like a satellite,
Our signal fire.

Yet in my mind and my memory,
I've called your bluff a 1000 times, we'll see,
Is the final joke on me?

As you lay there with fresh cut flowers,
Under Sunday's vibrant hour,
Your family gathered in prayer.

As we crowd into the living room,
Your mother speaks of a stubborn truth,
Childhood tales that'd make you blush.

Stood at the back as I looked around at,
All the faces that had moved on out,
In your fair time here.

You know, we're water and we're bone,
Dirty feet and our polished "souls",
Wearing suits of stories shared with you

And now I'm here in my final hour,
Staring up at the big tall tower,
I see your signal fire.

Oh your smile, it calls to me,
"Let's share drinks and a memory."
As the rest remember us now.

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from GOLD, released January 29, 2020
Written, arranged & performed by Asela Perera

Additional Vocals arranged & performed by CC De Silva & Natasha Senanayake

Piano arranged & performed by Natasha Senanayake

Soundscape arranged by Natasha Senanayake

Electric Guitar arranged & performed by Nishan Daniel

Bass & Percussion arranged and programmed by Nishan Daniel

Co-produced by Asela Perera & Natasha Senanayake

Mixed & mastered by Nishan Daniel at Hitfactory

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