Patti Smith - Up There Down There Lyrics
Up thereTheres a ball of fireSome call it the spiritSome call it the sunIts energies are not for hireIt serves man / it serves everyoneDown there where jonah wailsIn the healing waterIn the ready depthsTwisting like silver swansNo line of death no boundariesUp thereThe eye is hollow / the eye is winkingThe winds ablaze / angels howlingThe sphinx awakens / but what can she sayYoud be amazedDown thereYour days are numbersNothing to fearThere will be trumpetsThere will be silenceIn the end the endWill be here just hereAhh the borders of heavenAre zipped up tight tonightThe abstract streetsThe lights like some switched on mondrianCats like us are obsoleteHey man dont breathe on my feetThieves, poets were inside outAnd everybodys a soldierAngels howl at those abstract lightsAnd the borders of heavenAre zipped up tight tonightUp thereTheres a ball of fireSome call it the spiritSome call it the sunIts energies are not for hireIt serves man / it serves everyoneThe air we breatheThe flame of wisdomThe earth we grindThe beckoning seaIts no mystery / not sentimentalAhh the equation / its all elementalThe world is restlessHeaven in flux / angels appearFrom the bright stormOut of the shadowsUp there, down thereBut what can we sayMans been forewarnedAll communion is not holyEven those that fallThey can prophet understandingIts all for man / its for everyoneIts up there, down thereEverywhere / everywhereTime for communion / time for communionTalking communion ...
