Perhaps I am mistaken Perhaps you are not as you seem in the light of day Glimmering like the Pyrite on the infinite cliff On the edges of which you keep me, ever at bay Because after all of the crystal And shale has been stripped away And the quartz, the granite, the limestone pale Have fallen to the earth beneath To be crushed underneath the walking waves Perhaps then I will see you shine on a barren day And my eyes will be better for the sight Even if your worth is not in gold But as I fear it might be, in clay