ONCE, WE KNEW THE STARS

Tell me mother, when it all unravels
How will I find the sun
There's something foreign in my heart
And the gardens have overgrown

Every heart, I've heard it said
Is forged from fear and love
And every act carried out on this earth
Comes from only one

I lift my heart out from my chest
And tie it to a tree
I feel the arrows flying by
Landing in the dirt around me

Tell me mother, when it all unravels
How will I find peace again
My soul dropped out from my wandering feet
And all I can feel is the rain

Once, this place was holy
But the vultures have circled around
Some things can only exist in the dark
But mother, it's pulling me down

I wish I was an albatross
Flying out to sea
Far away from dry land
And the weight of its memories

The rivers here are rising
I steady myself for the flood
A hundred miles out to sea
The storm blocks out the sun

I walk the distance I find in my heart
Miles I've tread in between
I wrap myself up in the stars
And sink to the bottom of the sea

Down here, all things are holy
All things, they speak as one
Saint Sebastian comes to life
The sacred heart, it burns

Once, this place was holy
Once, this place was ours
Once, we knew our forefathers
Once, we knew the stars

I put my heart back in my chest
The silver arrows are flying
All souls are either getting born
Or getting busy dying

Tell me mother, when it all unravels
How will I know fear from love
You'll know it by the way it grows
Bending itself toward the sun.