Larkspur And Lazarus

The empty streets
 The songs of twilight
 The clouds at rest
 The church bells chiming
 A scarecrow shudders
 And songbirds tremble
 I looked at you and saw its time
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 The faded flowers
 The faded pictures
 Of faded lives
 Your body waiting
 And unfulfilled
 With no regrets
 And empty heart
 And head in hands
 I heard them say today "It's time"
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 The sunset heavy
 On mother mountain
 The cattle lowing
 The cattle dreaming
 The endless rain
 In haunted airs
 Your loss of hope
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 We were shown
 We were shown it's only time
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 The smell of rain
 The twilight leaning
 Against your lips
 Waterwheels turning
 The forests brooding
 You took my hand
 And pointed, full of pain
 That fishes dying
 You saw the sign that this was time
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 I waited years for you
 Or so it seemed
 And stumbled through your world
 Praying for just one kiss
 To stop my fall from grace
 And shelter in your palm
 You gave me everything
 Both lock and key
 The oil clouds see it's only time
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 If I could have one wish
 As in the fairy tales
 I would unmake my past
 And rise like Lazarus
 And stand in sunlight
 And banish all the dark
 That locked my face away
 And say to you again
 "Oh that, that was only time"
 So willow, weep not for me
 And oak, bend not for me
 Though others died for us
 And in our place
 Though in the secret heart
 Raw wound, raw source of all
 I heard the news today
 Whispered in the dark
 At last, at last, we know it's time
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 I knew at last
 It's only time
 I'll come in glory
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 End of story