Desert Echoes

[Verse 1]
I crossed your name in sand
By the broken stone gate
Your shadow turned to dust
Before I could call your face
A cup left on the rug
A scarf caught on the nail
I keep the warm tracks near
Though the night wind makes them pale

[Pre-Chorus]
And the dunes keep moving
Like they know my pain
Every step I took
Comes back again

[Chorus]
Desert echoes, call me back
Desert echoes, pull me back
Your voice still lives in the gap
Desert echoes, call me back
(come back) (come back)

[Verse 2]
The water jar is dry
The doorway leans a little
Your rings of smoke were bright
Now they hang there in the middle
I heard your laugh in flame
I heard it in the clay
But every time I reached
It slipped and ran away

[Pre-Chorus]
And the dunes keep moving
Like they know my pain
Every step I took
Comes back again

[Chorus]
Desert echoes, call me back
Desert echoes, pull me back
Your voice still lives in the gap
Desert echoes, call me back
(come back) (come back)

[Bridge]
If I light one more fire
Will you answer through the dark?
If I say your true name
Will the silence split apart?
I stand where the wind bends low
I stand where the salt cuts deep
I brought my heart to the sand
Now the sand won't let it sleep

[Final Chorus]
Desert echoes, call me back
Desert echoes, pull me back
Your voice still lives in the gap
Desert echoes, call me back
Desert echoes, hold me fast
Desert echoes, make this last
If you’re gone, then leave a mark
Desert echoes, call me back
(come back) (come back) (call me back)