Recessional - Lyrics - Vienna Teng

Cynthia Yih Shih , better known by her stage name Vienna Teng, is a Taiwanese American pianist and singer-songwriter based in Detroit, Michigan. Teng has released five studio albums: Waking Hour , Warm Strangers , Dreaming Through the Noise , Inland Territory and Aims . She has also released one live album, The Moment Always Vanishing , on which she is double-billed with her percussionist, Alex Wong.

It's so beautiful here, she says, This moment now And this moment, now And I never thought I would find her here: Flannel and satin My four walls transformed But she's looking at me Straight to center No room at all for any other thought And I know I don't want this Oh I swear I don't want this There's a reason not to want this But I forgot In the terminal she sleeps on my shoulder Hair falling forward, mouth all askew Fluorescent announcements beat their wings overhead: Passengers missing We're looking for you And she dreams through the noise, Her weight against me Face pressed into the corduroy grooves Maybe it means nothing Maybe it means nothing Maybe it means nothing But I'm afraid to move And the words: they're everything and nothing I want to search for her in the offhand remarks Who are you, taking coffee, no sugar? Who are you, echoing street signs? Who are you, the stranger in the shell of a lover Dark curtains drawn by the passage of time? Oh words like rain, how sweet the sound Well anyway, she says, I'll see you around...