Fernando Ortega

Night of Your Return

Fernando Ortega


You were a star in the sky 
Over the sinking sun. 
Of all the voices that cried, 
You were the only one 
Telling us what we should hear, 
Trust of friends through the years - 
Is this the night of your return? 

There is a house on the hill 
Where all your old friends wait. 
Softly the firelight spills 
Out to the stony gate - 
Voices from inside the door 
Calling you back to the shore, 
Out of the night of your return. 

We wait for you 
We wait for you 
Is this the night of your return? 

You know the evening by name, 
Drawn to the secretive, 
Still, we are one and the same - 
We have our weaknesses. 
So many things we would say, 
But we will wait until day, 
This is the night of your return. 

We wait for you 
We wait for you 
This is the night of your return.