Lanterns

Dust to dust

And mouth to brain

I lie myself down in the grain and

Wait to be a phoenix or a firefly

And ash to ash

The buildings fall

Replaced by one unyielding wall

And overtures to everlasting peace

Please don't wake me when I'm sleeping

I'm making sense of it all

But if you let it does it scare you

That we have nothing at all

You can't light the lanterns

Without a fire a fire a fire

You can't move a mountain

But hooray hooray hooray for the darkest days

Cos from the dust your lanterns' bright

Coast to coast of endless caves

Your heart was almost drowned by waves

And left there inaccessible by land

But hooray hooray the darkest days

For your young heart will beat again

And all these broken promises will heal

So if you let it does it scare you

That it's so easy to fall

But if you settle for the safe ride

Do you feel nothing at all

You can't light the lanterns

Without a fire a fire a fire

You can't move a mountain

But hooray hooray hooray for the darkest days

Cos from the dust your lanterns' bright