The Fuse

It's coming from so far away

It's hard to say for sure

Whether what I hear is music or the wind

Through an open door

There's a fire high in the empty sky

Where the sound meets the shore

There's a long distance loneliness

Rolling out over the desert floor

And the years that I spent lost in the mystery

Fall away leaving only the sound of the drum

Like a part of me

(It speaks to the heart of me)

Forget what life used to be

(You are what you choose to be)

It's whatever it is you see

That life will become

Whatever it is you might think you have

You have nothing to lose

Through every dead and living thing

Time runs like a fuse

And the fuse is burning

And the earth is turning

Though the years give way to uncertainty

And the fear of living for nothing strangles the will

There's a part of me

(That speaks to the heart of me)

Though sometimes it's hard to see

(It's never far from me)

Alive in eternity

That nothing can kill

Oh, lord

Are there really people starving still?

Look out beyond the walls of Babylon

How long will their needs go unfilled?

I want to say right now I'm going to be around

(I'm going to be around)

When the walls and towers are crumbling

(When the towers are tumbling down)

And I will tune my spirit to the gentle sound

(I want to hear the sound)

Of the waters lapping on a higher ground

(Of the children laughing)