There were no more stars upon the shore
No balls of lightning on the beach
The magic had flown into the sky
The dreams they left with a quiet sigh

The rain it drizzled on the lake
The pine trees whispered in the wind
The clock it turned and started again
Back to one and back from ten

The years flew back and faded away
All the ache and all the pain
Gone from the body like a soothing sigh
A sigh that goes on for a thousand nights

If the castle fills with moss
If the sun forgets the rocks
If the clothes are tattered and torn
If the steel is old and worn

Can we go back to the peaceful nights
When the air was fresh and everything was right
Can we go back to the so good days
When it all was nice and nothing was astray

The glass bottle fell into the stream
And floated all the way to the sea
And all the way to some distant shores
Where someone can find the message inside
And know the secret forevermore

Florence casts its silent spell
Upon the travelers and wishers well
The gypsies in their silent scarves
Left in the shadows left in the dark

Will we ever treat our outcasts well?
Our pieces of glass left on the beach
I am not a piece of glass
I will never know what it feels like to be one

I will never know what it's like to be utterly ignored
To feel worthless useless ragged and scorned
To be a footnote in the pages of your life
To be an accidental meeting of the eyes

But I do know what it's like to feel less than
I feel it every day of my life
I know what it's like to not want to be here
I think about it every day and every night

I know what it's like to have that quiet ache
Where something's not quite right within your brain
I know what it's like to feel helpless and hopeless
I know what it's like to feel like you don't belong

We are all living with spiritual poverty
Our souls are desperate hungry and searching
Tired and not filled from childhood on
It doesn't matter how much material affluence you have
When your soul is thirsty

Our society is poisoned and broken
We are all broken and keep getting more and more broken
We are slowly suffocated and don't even realize it
Cut off from nature and the healing rush of water and wind
Cut off from families and the feeling of surrounding love

We are all taught to be against each other
To compete with each other instead of supporting each other
To watch our backs and not be real with each other
In case it's seen as weird or weak or something to jump on
To stomp on each other and stampede each other on our race to who-knows-where
When we could just walk and enjoy the sky together
Or run through the fields and not bother anyone

We are all broken
We are all hurting
We are all suffering from wounds we don't even realize are there
We're taught that it's completely enough to have food on the table and money in the bank
And anything else is complaining
And not being grateful for what you have
And not giving regard to those who are starving or left to die
So we push it down and tell ourselves everything is okay
Even as our soul is silently screaming

I don't ever want to be ungrateful
It's one of my highest deepest values
I know how lucky I am
And I hate feeling spoiled or like I'm being ungrateful

But I know that we're all silently suffering
And that our society is broken
And that it all could be so much better
But it will be really really hard to get there

The trees sigh above you as you walk down the muddy path
The cool stream ripples by you to the side
The fresh air fills your lungs
And you immediately feel better

We are all cut off from nature
It could help all of us so much

The sliding glass door looks out upon the deepest sea
Where water sings its symphony
The desert in the silent night
Is filled with the air of a quiet sigh

When heaven opens up its gates
When birds echo across the lakes
When an avalanche races down the hills
When the surf it rises and high tide spills

When silent seedlings dance and grow
When the water of the river is cool and slow
When you play in the rain and laugh in the sun
When your legs feel good and you just want to run

When your toes haven't fallen off and you feel like rain
And the thought of the next day is not filled with pain
And you want to think and love and grow
And you want to eat ice cream and eat some snow

When the voice of the nighttime speaks to the stars
When there's so much time and the day is ours
When gumball machines are filled with wonder
When the earth has not been torn asunder

When dreams are daylight and the sky is blue
The windows are open and air fills the room
When moss it grows upon the stone
And it feels so cool and cold and old

When sundrops glisten on the lake
When colors flicker in the flames
A rainbow of blowing glass and kaleidoscope eyes
A song of golden water and light

When icicles drip from where they hang
When as you sleep you hear the rain
When the misty morning is quiet and cool
When turtles swim inside the pool

When floating dust dances in the sunlight
When the music box plays into the night
When sea foam spray surrounds the air
When the swirling breeze is everywhere

I don't want to bother anyone
I just want to go away
I just want to go away

The clock it slowly turned to seven
The tree frogs continued their quiet lesson
The train it passed out from the gates
The flowers sat inside their vase

The christmas lights glow in the window
The music grows to a crescendo
The icy water is nice and cool
And all I want is you

The sky it spoke of life and tears
The rain it washed away our fears
The peach it rolled across the table
The sun will shine on if its able

The stairs led down the garden path
To the quiet woods out back
The morning is gray and soft and cool
And I am sleeping in the dew