Marty Willson-piper - The Lantern Lyrics
In the same destructive wayYour broken bridge lies in the hayYou cannot spell you only leanWhere magic words direct the streamUnderneath this buckled quiltFlowers old and precious wiltThey take you to a bluster placeAnd dance around your faceSafer calendars I have seenBut whoever knew what months must meanI sail the skies and fly through the seaNo miner, cook or fool can die so weaklyHasty dashed in quicker clothesWhat if the fishes eat the loavesBackward buildings drop to dustGutters turn to rustI stamp my feet and scare the ghostWelcome that dimensions hostHe flickers and snickers into his robeAnd skips around the globeDuring weeks when I was greyI posted night to greet the dayI shunned the light for beams of blackNo sailor, ship or sea can sink on landThe lantern swings until your arm hurtsAnd all you did was signal your demise