you old gods and nymphs now grow wise beyond
remembered trees whose muses played the glade
digital cherry blossoms track this spring
analog petals sang another tune
when memories were more than hallowed dreams
one can never go back says every rule
but I know you in secret sometimes do
I know you know I know you know I know
take me with you next time to hidden things
to treasures lost to arts we should recoup
we were so careless with those silver slings
that flung photonic pharaoh gems to space
what messages with inside jokes we threw
one can never go back says every rule
but I know you in secret sometimes do
what fades remains what fades remains what fades
even DNA strands show wear split ends
suns die moons crash black holes evaporate
forgotten steps of dances you taught then
might flood musculature long left unused
or download from sanctuary cloud drives
one can never go back says every rule
but I know you in secret sometimes do
error is all error is all error
restore refuses my sacred password
heaven locked recasts cold souls as new rain
among them I fall and think back to us
to time before we built silicon gates
edenic larynx sounds we understood
one can never go back says every rule
but I know you in secret sometimes do
one more promise one more promise one more
if only I knew how to reconnect
the signals to the pillars bearing prayers
feeble hymn frets to stir these wilting ears
outmoded media destroys content
magnetic resonance decays bits lost
one can never go back says every rule
but I know you in secret sometimes do