Run the Banner Down

Run the banner down

And hide in the broken palms

Till out of the blackness comes

A point of starry light

And a mountain moves

And the pressure drops

Snow on your open palms

Under a northern star

Leave the tape unwound

And the film unthreaded

In the summer rain

Where your image is frozen

And thrown into the lake

Where your words rebound

With the way laid out

And your hands on my shoulders

Open your mouth

Close your eyes

Open your mouth