Perpetual Child

The seeds are drawn & scattered Deep inside the hungry earth We are as miracles conceived Into the outstretched arms Of an earnest but unfinished world Into a life of ritual received He played upon the swing And wrestled on the soothing sands He dreamt upon the dew - soaked grass Watched the picture - screen With wide & unsuspecting eyes And spoke aloud before the class Perpetual child Read the fables in his hands Unconvinced he let them fall Perpetual child On the edge of knowing Perpetual child At the foot of the Wetsren Wall For a memory he was bound Slipped away without a sound Light a torch for one who tried & failed to cross The Great Divide Lost inside The Great Divide Lost inside The Great Divide Lost inside The Great Divide Lost inside The Great Divide They were as one beneath the shelter of the ancient tree They carved their oath upon it's bark That is all that's left Of passion & naivete The twisting ache of unformed hearts Perpetual child His defenses in his hands Terrified to let them fall Perpetual child On the edge of knowing Perpetual child At the foot of the Western Wall The iron bonds of youth Became precarious in his hands He watched as his illusions fell away The passage was to steep for him His feet could find no hold He never learned to climb In the shadows of his room Like the stillness of the womb Vowed to reach beyond the prison of his history For a memory he was bound Slipped away without a sound Light a torch for one who trued & failed to cross The passage was too steep for him His feet could find no hold He never learned to climb Perpetual child Held the future in his hands Defiantly he let it fall Perpetual child On the edge of knowing Perpetual child At the foot of the Western Wall For a memory he was bound Slipped away without a sound To the wind consigned his freedom & identity We become as strangers all As we're battered by the squalls And retreat into the comfort of our secrecy To a memory he was bound For his ship has run aground Light a torch for one who tried & failed to cross The Great Divide Lost inside The Great Divide Lost inside The Great Divide Lost inside The Great Dive Lost Inside The Great Divide