when
you were santorin
you were once
worshipped as a fireking
south of naxos,
shaped by scirocco heat
far above
surfacing the sea of crete
your feet

long gone
hallow the cone
volcano
down to the stones

i was born
to sail the cyclades
marble islands,
starlight
sang like an aegean breeze

i was drawn by the myth of your monolith
like a perfect face is drawn by the scar
and was caught in the pour from a blast in the core
like a super-heated samovar
that's all you are

long gone
hollow the cone
volcano
down to the stones

its shadow
stealing the sun
long live the tears
see how they run

gone
follow my own
volcano
down to the stones

its shadow
stealing the sun
long live the tears
see how they run

so long
as the memory burns
you should know
i'll never return

you shadowed
places to run
for so many years
stealing the sun

bring back the sun
bring back the sun!