The Lhasa Road (No Surrender)

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