We are leaving our time now
We are leaving our time now
There are places where time moves more slowly than here
We honor all four directions
East, West, North, South…
[Verse 1]
In the fatherlight
I lost my compass and I lost my sight
At the fireside
I sat too close and then I burned my eyes
And was it temperament
That kept us from saying all the things we meant?
[Chorus]
Fatherlight
Fatherlight
Fatherlight
[Verse 2]
Hear the city call
With faster highways and with alcohol
Can we synchronize
With time so different, generation-wise?
And was it temperament
That kept us from saying all the things we meant?
In the countryside
(so many things now I cannot tell you)
I lost my country when I left your side
(the broken bones of a shattered world view)
Now you think I’m gone
(and in the ER lights I saw you)
But take my hand and let me prove you wrong…
(reaching up like you thought you might break through)
[Chorus]
Fatherlight
Fatherlight
[Outro: Robert Bly]
And we also honor the fifth direction
The vertical one
Which is in us
Today, here
[Intro: Robert Bly] We are leaving our time now We are leaving our time now There are places where time moves more slowly than here We honor all four directions East, West, North, South… [Verse 1] In the fatherlight I lost my compass and I lost my sight At the fireside I sat too close and then I burned my eyes And was it temperament That kept us from saying all the things we meant? [Chorus] Fatherlight Fatherlight Fatherlight [Verse 2] Hear the city call With faster highways and with alcohol Can we synchronize With time so different, generation-wise? And was it temperament That kept us from saying all the things we meant? In the countryside (so many things now I cannot tell you) I lost my country when I left your side (the broken bones of a shattered world view) Now you think I’m gone (and in the ER lights I saw you) But take my hand and let me prove you wrong… (reaching up like you thought you might break through) [Chorus] Fatherlight Fatherlight [Outro: Robert Bly] And we also honor the fifth direction The vertical one Which is in us Today, here Explain Request ×
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