A Desire For Light

Light, we all seek light

An ancient, blinding kind of light

Warmth, we all need some warmth

A soft and drowsy kind of warmth

Love, we all want love

A deep, undying kind of love

So Sun, come rise

Fill my heart with light

Course through, cascade

Lightning forks the veins

Great sky let roar, in

Thunderous applause

Breaking the clouds

With claws that reach the ground

Spring forth, fierce tears

And wash away the rage

A flash, A flood
Soak me to the bone

The sky it shakes

Our bodies ache
With a desire for light

You belong, you belong!

Under this sun, you belong

You belong,you belong!

On top of this earth, you belong

You belong, you belong!

Below the stars you belong

You belong, you belong!

Inside of my heart, you belong

Dull Gret

Yes we’re free and we are mad

That’s a knife you see, shining in my hand
I will take what’s mine
For the hour has come and now this is our time

Yes we’re savage and uncouth

We’ve a taste for blood and we will take you tooth by tooth
So run wild my dears
We’re unleashed and we’re no longer afeared

(One woman can make a din)

She could plunder in front of hell!

If I’m a dragon or a shrew

Well, I’ve a pillow here for me to tie you to
Is this what you deem hysterical?
Oh, I can be hysterical

Unto the mouth of hell

Hunting for the king, the devil himself
And I’ll return unscathed
With his ragged head hanging by my nails

(One woman can make a din)

She could plunder in front of hell!

I have flint and we have steel

So build a pyre for all to see
Burn the ones that shouted witch
And skewer his crown onto the spit

Golden Purifier

The air is gold and thick with heat

(Here they come, we sit and wait)
The clouds are full of heavy death

The sky it hums, the swarms a mist

(Here they come, we sit and wait)
Can you hear the sound of wings?

To light, to guard, to rule and guide

The hungry kings, unhook their beaks

Tear the bones of rotting meat
Tending to the graves, the ground
So all that’s left is sand

All that’s left is sand

To light, to guard, to rule and guide

Soaring birds, full of grace

Come and take the bad away
So things decay, so things will grow
Where once was flesh, fresh seeds are sown

The seeds are sown

To light, to guard, to rule and guide

Warm your feathers, with the sun

Leave me empty, bring the calm

The Unspoiled

Joy, boundless joy

A revelry, a tangle of limbs
Here, an endless Spring
A garden, that’s teeming with beasts

Down I go
Sinking slowly
Give me a rope
Don’t let me go

Drag me up
Before the rain
Lashes the earth
Crumbles away

Dream, a shameless dream

Blissful and full to the brim
With flowers the colour of flesh
Where all the trees, bear the sweetest of fruit

Down I go
Sinking slowly
Give me a rope
Don’t let me go

Drag me up
Before the rain
Lashes the earth
Crumbles away

Blue, a childish blue

Streams in from the sea, reflecting the sky
Bathe, naked and free
With an absence of God, there’s pleasures to seek

Down I go
Sinking slowly
Give me a rope
Don’t let me go

Seclusion

He built a home in the side of a hill

A place where good men could hide away
Away from the havoc that other men wreak
In a cool, quiet cave that sits by the creek

Find your peace

Once you’ve steeled yourself, ready, convalesced, time to move those stones away

He prayed to the mountain to rain down its rocks

To gather in piles at the foot of his fort
To block out the din and the carnival roars
Achieving a quiet, that he’d yearned for, for years

Find your own peace

Once you’ve steeled yourself, ready, convalesced, time to move those stones away

He lay in the woods, with the whispering birds

Safe in a hollow, surrounded by dirt
With a hole in the ceiling to study the skies
So all the light that he had was the light from the stars

Find your little peace

Once you’ve steeled yourself, ready, convalesced, time to move those stones away

To be at peace

Darkness (I Too Am Here)

Shine your light through me

Burn a hole inside of me
Dive into the oil slick
Coat yourself in all of this

Behind the sun

Below the door
Under the skin
Beneath the floor

I am the black square

I am a blank page
Don’t tear your eyes
Don’t look away

Pits of tar, molasses thick

Lie back, dissolve in me
Cut a line, so you can see
Seams of coal, buried deep

Behind the sun

Below the door
Under the skin
Beneath the floor

I am the black square

I am a blank page
Don’t tear your eyes
Don’t look away

Face me, come towards

(I Too Am Here)
Arms out, find the walls
(I Too Am Here)
Close your eyes, feel your way
(I Too Am Here)
Embrace me, open wide
(I Too Am Here)

Go blind, trust in me
(I Too Am Here)
Let go, fall asleep
(I Too Am Here)
The day fades, it always will
(I Too Am Here)
But night too, draws thin
(I Too Am Here)

Woven, I am tied to you