The Lantern Lyrics by Marty Willson-piper

The Lantern Lyrics

    In the same destructive way
    Your broken bridge lies in the hay
    You cannot spell you only lean
    Where magic words direct the stream


    Underneath this buckled quilt
    Flowers old and precious wilt
    They take you to a bluster place
    And dance around your face


    Safer calendars i have seen
    But whoever knew what months must mean
    I sail the skies and fly through the sea
    No miner, cook or fool can die so weakly


    Hasty dashed in quicker clothes
    What if the fishes eat the loaves
    Backward buildings drop to dust
    Gutters turn to rust


    I stamp my feet and scare the ghost
    Welcome that dimension's host
    He flickers and snickers into his robe
    And skips around the globe


    During weeks when i was grey
    I posted night to greet the day
    I shunned the light for beams of black
    No sailor, ship or sea can sink on land


    The lantern swings until your arm hurts
    And all you did was signal your demise

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