this is what we'll be
when our faiths deferred
bent with no freedom
for the caged bird

our eyes will roll like maddend stallions
we'll blunder in a crooked step
for this is the work of our fathers
this is their regret

we should have had gratitude
and bended our knee
but we broke the order
plunged into the sea

atonment comes from
a far away place
for we're terrified of triumph
sunshine on our face

self loathing is spiteful,
it darkend the pain
we're all so lost,
Gods love in vain

now that we're finished
I am sure to say
our revelation is over
as dusk breaks the day

raindrops in the eyes
thunder in the mouth
I see rage mounting like snowfall
from east, north, and south

drift away, drift away, drift to the sky
now we know the scriptures no lie
drift away, drift away, drift to the sky
we chose our fate, now we die

Tears fall as diamonds to dark earth
Rusted ground where I was found
And from which I was made
The slave of self saved

By a touch
And the kissing embrace of a lover taken and given

Madness driven
To the shallow sorrows of tomorrow's hasty dawning
Spawning hopes
That crackle in the fires of want as embers
Faintly remembered

Each as the next, the same
No glory, no fame to be had
Yet we were glad!

In the moment of atonment
That moment of sin among women and men
Where hunger feeds desire
Feeds hunger
Feeds want

Ravenous need seeds the garden of greedy thoughts
And all for naught when the night is through
There is only me
There is only you

Our union desolved by time always moving
The unforgiving criminal
That robs us of what may be
Leaving beautiful memories and emptiness
Awaiting the new night
The next dance
And our chance to love again.