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The Color Of Life (Unreleased)

Tasting heaven and hell in the pause of the turning page
Good things come to those who wait, they say
When time folds inward to kneel before the wind
We will learn to fly where we crawled beneath the horizon
Lilies to lay to rest the parts of us that died
Roses for the promise of the color of life
And daisies to whisper new mercies each light
Each light
The clouds sigh, the scroll's seal breaks, and red waves part
Ancestral echo adds another beat to your already pounding heart
Past, present, and future reduced to nouns to guide our clay feet
As we walk between raindrops, touching the world like butterflies
Lilies to lay to rest the parts of us that died
Roses for the promise of the color of life
And daisies to whisper new mercies each light
Each light
The looking glass cracks and we all fall inside
No one gets to stay the same and no one gets to hide
But as we rise the surf and skies will wash us clean
And neither of us ever has to leave
Lilies to lay to rest the parts of us that died
Roses for the promise of the color of life
And daisies to whisper new mercies each light
In our garden
Each light


Harlem, New York City, 6-11 May and 17 June 2006.

First performed on August 31st, 2008 at the Block Party in Lowertown, St. Paul, during the R.N.C. Convention.