Why Wake Me Now — Breath of Spring – Opera

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#Why Wake Me Now — Breath of Spring – Opera

Night still holds, yet dawn is near

Why wake me now, O breath of spring
Upon my brow you lay your soft caress
Yesterday I prayed for night to bring
An end to longing, an end to distress

You stir the air with April light
And find the wound I thought was sleeping
Why call me back to love's bright height
When love has only left me weeping

Charlotte, your name returns like birds in flight
Tomorrow the valley will hear the stream
I feel your hand, though far from sight
And all at once you fill my dream

Why wake me now, O breath of spring
If love must take me just to break me
Leave me in sleep where I held everything
Or bring the dawn, if you will wake me

Wake me, or let me die in this sweet pain
For in your breath, I live again

O breath of spring, carry me
To waking, or eternity