The Ribbon Fold

[Intro]
[Verse]
Sunlight slants through the eaves
Folding ribbons of pale peach
Dust motes dance in the breeze
Just beyond my reach
Lavender trapped in the seams
Of a dress from long ago
Softly waking from dreams
That the attic floorboards know
[Pre-Chorus]
The wood is cold and dry
Underneath a leaden sky
Waiting for a sound
In the quiet I have found
[Chorus]
Oh, the letter in the lid
Where the secret stayed hid
Ink fading on the page
Quiet ghost of another age
A tender quiet awe
In the beauty that I saw
Unspoken and so sweet
Now the memory is complete
[Post-Chorus]
Silk and dust
In the light we trust
Silk and dust
In the light we trust
[Verse]
Cracked lacquer on the keys
Of a spinet long since still
Crumpled paper, if you please
Resting on the wooden sill
It speaks of June and May
Of a heart that beat too fast
Words you couldn't say
Buried in the distant past
[Pre-Chorus]
The air is thin and gold
Stories waiting to be told
Turning o'er the fold
In the winter and the cold
[Chorus]
Oh, the letter in the lid
Where the secret stayed hid
Ink fading on the page
Quiet ghost of another age
A tender quiet awe
In the beauty that I saw
Unspoken and so sweet
Now the memory is complete
[Bridge]
Did you mean to send it?
Or did silence mend it?
Courtly grace and lace
Shadows on a hidden face
The recorder plays a sigh
As the evening passes by
Archlute strings are thin
Let the twilight enter in
[Chorus]
Oh, the letter in the lid
Where the secret stayed hid
Ink fading on the page
Quiet ghost of another age
A tender quiet awe
In the beauty that I saw
Unspoken and so sweet
Now the memory is complete
[Outro]