THE LOVERS

Once, so long ago,

We were clothed in time

Life began with death

A swollen fruit between us as a bind

A snake slithered through the brush

In undulating waves

Your skin shivered in the hush

The choice before us one already made

Created from the dust of stars

Eternity was nearly ours

We loved, and for a time,

The whole world was alive

Is alive

The whole world is alive

Is alive

One divides in two

And suffering begins

What’s lost can’t be reduced

And freedom gained is worth the price of truth

Now we both should know

The folly in the fall

And fools surrender most

Emerging from the love that binds us all

Created from the dust of stars

Eternity was nearly ours

We loved, and for a time,

The whole world was alive

Is alive

The whole world is alive

Is alive