I remember when I used to want to
Grab you from your throne,
Reach up behind you and roll you on the carpet
And fold you in my arms.

You carried yourself with dignity and grace,
You kept the fire banked,
I came to you from the tangled madness
For sanity and strength.

Chorus 1
Look at me now, the years are showing me
More than ever
Everything about you I ever wanted
Growing from the center,
Radiant now through the transparent skin
Of a journeyman,
Running together with muddy feet
Out of the nether lands.

I let the frozen mask of my creation
Shatter on the floor,
Step from the darkness in faceless wonder
To find you there before.

We look around in our gift of blindness
To see that we can see,
Touching the heart of a perfect stranger,
You pledge yourself to me.

Chorus 2
Time is an orbit, we spiral inward
To find the space between,
Infant to elder, we swoop and circle
The sacred place we've seen,
Radioactive, we hold the sun
In our open hands,
Flying together with tattered wings
Out of the nether lands.

I always find you, 18 and blazing,
Living in your eyes;
I give you all of my virgin splendor,
Molting as i rise;

We hold a baby and 20 years later
We wish a woman well,
Praying for moments to pass on clearly
The holiest of spells.

Chorus 3
Can you find me in t-shirts and casseroles
Singing in the stars?
Holding your hand like a swinging lantern
Shining through the bars,
Letting the healing tears of passion
Make rivers in the sand,
Swimming together with open eyes
Out of the nether lands.