The Alchemy of the Everyday

Lyrics

[Verse 1] When we can climb the highest mountain When we can ford the raging river When we can cross the plains in one step In our seven-league boots Even as we make the waitress cry Even as we curse the next guy And when we can hear a child crying On the other side of the world Even as we can't hear our own friend That's okay [Verse 2] Even as we fall from grace So grace shall lift us up And tеach us of our power Power so deep and hidden (Tеach us of our power) Power that now is bidden Release the superhero inside (Superhero) [Verse 3] The superhero of today works quietly away Very different from the fancy cape And hats of yesterday They are mostly in disguise But you can see it in their eyes The social worker, the gardener The computer guy, the teacher The warriors, the queens We are all our brother's keeper [Verse 4] And you come around the corner of the building And you see the mast exploding And there's terror in the air And you feel your spine imploding And you hear the spiral Singing a different song against the grain [Verse 5] Let go But he wouldn't stop telling me what he wouldn't do. And I looked down at Magic and in Magic's deep, beautiful eyes I saw the word "Yes!" I turned to the door. I flung it open. Hello? "How wonderful that you want to be more open and honest and let us go together to your girlfriend's that we may celebrate the movement forward for isn't this what we want for each other?" [Verse 6] We interrupt this program because there is something very wrong with this picture. While we applaud her efforts, the slightly sarcastic nature of her solution has lowered the vibration of this potentially transformative alchemical reaction. Watch closely now.  [Verse 7] I looked down at Magic expecting to see his tail wagging but instead—Instead! Instead! I guess I was not successful in protecting myself through being a clown, in seeing the world as a place of wonder. Oh no. Oh no. Oh yes! Oh yes! Because I'll use this lesson to do it better next time.  [Verse 8] And in that single moment she practiced the alchemy of the everyday available to everyone. She changed a lump of coal to a diamond with the flick of a thought. A positive thought.  Magic's tail was wagging now.