Bright Lanterns

Well we air clear blue aching skies

In the morning after

And memories of gold on the run

Flying around

Was there a drunken cloud

Over someone just empty

A vision of a mount you say

So where did it go

It was light and I held it like a child to be saved

From the fires and from the falling down satellites

But still wondering

Damn you always treat me

Like a stranger mountain

Though you've seen the shadow

Between the city and what is mine

And fallen kids all rising men

Among their logs but leavers

Suddenly darker in their eyes

And their broken smiles

It's only what these kids will haul around

Well there's a lot of sullen land

For hungry feed of answers

And medicine for balancing things

Like seeing your ghosts

So thank god we're bright

Said the lanterns brother

Cause I don't know a thing

About boats or the land I see

It was day and I stood there once

Again climbing quick

When I knew you were the one throwing

Aying stars on our gathering

But he said "Damn

You always treat me like a mountain stranger"

Though I have never seen

Your shadows or fading lights

I'm just a rock that you'll be picking up

Through all your ages

Always believing there's a canyon

For every blind

It's only what these kids will haul around