Wild Gods

Blow, howling wind, beat on, fragile heart

Opening your eyes won't tear us apart

This was the year our fathers fell down

All that we once held lay broke upon the ground

And the crowds, they disappeared, the scaffold removed

The circle was drawn around me and you

Oh, wild gods, don't hide

No more from me, don't hide

Oh, wild gods, don't hide

No more from me, don't hide

Welcome to the after time

So a child learns to walk, and learns wrong from right

You hold his little hand, you sing to her at night

Then year folds into year, and pretty soon they're off

Did the best you could, you hope it was enough

'Cause in the end, the tide will wash that castle clean

The smooth patch of sand is more than what it seems

Oh, wild gods, don't hide

No more from me, don't hide

Oh, wild gods, don't hide

No more from me, don't hide

Welcome to the after time

And so, all the masks come off, what now do we believe?

A man is just a man, just trying to breathe

With all our different fears and all our different fights

And all the time we waste in this our only life

So beat on, fragile heart and blow, howling wind

'Cause every moment, dear, a new world begins

Oh, wild gods, don't hide

No more from me, don't hide

Oh, wild gods, don't hide

No more from me, don't hide

Welcome to the after time

Welcome to the after time