Paper Lantern

Soft morning light filters through Paper walls and windowpanes My fingers trace invisible paths While incense swirls away In the distance bells are ringing As my thoughts drift your way The festival begins at dusk When wishes take flight And everything feels right My heart floats like a paper lantern in the breeze Rising higher with each breath you take from me Red silk ribbons dance and sway Through crowded temple streets Every wish written carefully In brush strokes pure and sweet The air grows thick with jasmine As darkness starts to fade A thousand lights ascending Into velvet night Making wrongs turn right My heart floats like a paper lantern in the breeze Rising higher with each breath you take from me Time stands still beneath the stars Ancient prayers echo far Each flame that rises tells a truth That I've known from the start Let it rise let it fly My heart takes wing tonight Let it soar let it be Into infinite light My heart floats like a paper lantern in the breeze Rising higher with each breath you take from me