The Cobalt Lily

[Intro]
[Verse]
The furnace breathes a heavy gold
Against the damp and winter cold
I shape the breath into a sphere
While salt and rain begin to clear
The workshop floor is sapphire dust
In iron pipes and ancient rust
I spin the rod and watch it glow
With secrets only fire can know
[Pre-Chorus]
You stood there in the velvet light
A ghost before the coming night
Your porcelain mask was painted white
To hide the stars within your sight
A silent shadow by the door
Upon the cracked and stone-washed floor
[Chorus]
Oh, let the blue glass shatter slow
In the embers' dying glow
You left a lily on the stone
And left me working here alone
The violins across the bay
Are washing all the heat away
Venice is a sinking dream
In the silver lamp-light beam
[Post-Chorus]
Blue on blue
Just for you
Shards of glass
Watch them pass
[Verse]
I saw your eyes behind the lace
A fleeting map of silk and grace
You didn't speak, you didn't stay
Just watched the cobalt turn to grey
The canal is rising at the door
Like shadows on the workshop floor
I tried to catch your hollow name
Within a twist of liquid flame
[Pre-Chorus]
The harpsichord begins to play
From palaces so far away
You left a scent of garden bloom
Within this hot and smoky room
A single petal, white and thin
Where all my lonely works begin
[Chorus]
Oh, let the blue glass shatter slow
In the embers' dying glow
You left a lily on the stone
And left me working here alone
The violins across the bay
Are washing all the heat away
Venice is a sinking dream
In the silver lamp-light beam
[Bridge]
The celesta rings like falling ice
I’d pay the heavy artisan’s price
To blow a mirror clear and deep
To see the secrets that you keep
But the bassoon moans a low goodbye
Underneath a bruised and violet sky
The water laps against the wall
While winter shadows start to fall
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Oh, let the blue glass shatter slow
In the embers' dying glow
You left a lily on the stone
And left me working here alone
The violins across the bay
Are washing all the heat away
Venice is a sinking dream
In the silver lamp-light beam
[Post-Chorus]
Blue on blue
Just for you
Shards of glass
Watch them pass
Blue on blue
Still for you
[Outro]