Streaking with the Lightning

Lyrics

You can only fly for so long, so long Before the earth calls you back with her siren song She will have her way with you, yes: Your bones will break in her embrace Ask, and you shall receive, shall receive And now your fingers sing sweet reverie All the elements converge to rouse this weary, lovely bird You're pure light with a battered face A foxfire with a falcon's grace Any solace you can find in this old heart of mine Solace and sweetness are yours to take Hold me until you don't know where you end Or where you've been All will be new again, yes All will be right as rain A photograph of lightning streaking 'cross the sky Oh maybe, baby you should cry For all the ones you left behind And all the ways you've been unkind A visit from my sweet and broken muse A merging of two dark and shattered floes Do not despair, there is no blame Now you are the fan, and I the flame Streaking with the lightning in the darkest night Yeah, your streak of light makes it alright