each beam broke through the blanket of clouds
streaming past the mountain's edge on it all

to come crashing to ground
to emblazon its promise
to each tree extending its arms

because they've prayed for years
to stop being thirsty and scared
of what they don't know
and can't see

so when the light set it off and cried
"never fear, we still want you
to live! and to die! and to breathe!"
they all danced in the wind
and went to great lengths to send
all their expressions of joy
and release.

and that's the story i told you
when you wondered how
it was i came to see you again

the light never left us
no, there were just clouds
refusing to break or to bend