The egg didn't keep its promise
As it rolled off the counter and smashed on the floor
I didn't keep my grip on the world
As I fell from the sky and smashed through the door

In that moment I wanted something more than anything in the world
That moment was a series of reverberating moments
That rippled out throughout my life over and over
For a minute for an hour for a day for a year
Endlessly
I couldn't escape

The lullaby pattered out by the falling rain couldn't quite quiet my mind
Nothing could hush my mind
Couldn't quiet the longing, the desperation
Couldn't make everything all right

The chill wind lingered on the doorstep for just a moment
Old worn stone and an icy wind with a trace of moisture
The same way time lingered for a moment over all the glasses in the city
Before they shattered in the morning

Shards of crystal rained down on St. Peter's Square
And they thought it might be heaven breaking
The angels in the midst of an earthquake
A skyquake
An earthquake in the sky

Shards of sunlight rained down on my life
And I thought it might be heaven dreaming
Heaven dreaming that everything was all right
Telling me that everything was all right
As the golden sun shone in the beautiful white snow
And the melting crystal delightfully cooled my mouth
It was trying to tell me that I could be happy
And things were okay
Even though I knew they weren't

Unconsciously the wind lilted in her hair
And I stood there lost in the moment
Unconscious, semi-conscious

I floated in and out of time
For thousands of years
Thousands of days
in one moment
And I was waiting waiting waiting
And it never came

Can I lay my head down on the grass
And fall asleep forever
Near the old wooden pews
In the outdoor chapel
Sleep and sleep and sleep and sleep
Waiting for you to come back

It was a million silent suns
That counted all the way back to one
And started the silver all over again
The silver that wound its way through the dew
Over and through me and you
It started with the snow in the stars
And the gentle flames that flickered in the dark
The blue robin's egg sat still in the bird's nest
The sun lazily strolled across the sky to the west
The doors of heaven were open to thousands of trees
And the angels had no reason to fear the bees
Waves washed upon the shore with a peaceful rush
And the breeze whispered from the sky with a hush
On through the window and through the door
The windows were open and the dust on the floor
Settled in the afternoon sun
For the voice of the voiceless so many races were run
Ice dripped from the statues in the ice hotel
And drifting through the windows came a wonderful smell
The smell of pizza cooking in the fire
The moon it rises when the sun goes to retire
In the halls and the bedrooms of the mountain sky
Over and over the cloud wanted to cry
And in the sleepy churchyard
The butterfly's wings
Blew a tiny breeze over the golden ring
The air was quiet
The river was a dream
And the life in the air it wanted to sing