The ticktock of time allows me to see
An hour turned to an echo
A butterfly to a cocoon
A swan to ugly duckling, ruling to an ocean

The dead times awake
As I recall myself to yesterday
A flower has fallen its petals
Out of the petals a cradle I will

My cradle rocks with the waves of time
The time of beauty will never be the same
Oh, little girl, as thou must not leave
Please take me, take me with thee

Now I hear my mother from the deep
Sing me a lullaby of eternal sleep
We've blown, we've played that last to call
As in silence we sing to reborn

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