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