O, Porcupine
(专辑: Brother, Sister - 2006)
Without a
queen the
locust swarm Turned the
ground to black Descending like a
shadowy tower on a
fish's back And scattered the
sticks who crawled Like snakes in the
sand As the
red clay took the
form of a
lizard Who rushed like a
moth to the
flame of my open hand (In my little world, in my sad little world...) And then a
speckled bird, humbly inspired Ran across the
road, when it could have flown And it made me smile And at the
water's edge, Babylon We laid and slept As the
river wept for you, Zion! The
stones cry out, Bells shake the
sky All creation groans... SHHHH!!! Listen to it! Messes of men in farmer poverty; Not much for monks but we pretend to be We share a
silent meal and a
pot of chamomile Gypsies like us should be stamped in solidarity And I
hold you in my fond but distant memory While waiting for the
Mother Hen to gather me Who regretfully wrote, "You have a
decent ear for notes But you can't yet appreciate harmony." O' porcupine, low in the
tree Your eyes to mine: "You'd be well inclined not to mess with me." And at the
garden's edge beneath a
speechless sky As his friends slept Jesus wept and it's no wonder why You wanna be set free? You wanna set me free?! But that can only come from A
union with the
One who never dies In my little world, in my sad little world I
patched a
plaster wall with my little world In my little world, I
was waiting Just dying to take offense at something, in my little world In my little world, in my sad little world ...this is all there is in my little world (AaaaaaaaAaaaaaaa [x4]) In darkness a
light shines on me In darkness a
light shines on you (I wanna say) I
never gathered figs from a
thorny branch (I wanna say) I
never picked a
grape off a
bramble bush (I wanna say) For the
past five, almost six years now (That light is God) You haven't once looked at me with kindness in your eyes (I wan-) And you say Judas is a
brother of mine (-na say) Oh, but sister in our darkness a
light shines (I wanna say) And all I
want to say for the
rest of my life (I wanna say) Is how that light is God (That light is God) And though I've been mistaken on this or that point That light is God